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Pella - a little bit of Holland
Marilyn & Bob suggested we pay a visit to Pella, IA where there are a number of interesting things to see. We visited the Heritage Museum, which had a Civil War exhibit that was quite interesting and contained some tragic stories about what happened to some of the Iowa recruits. We also went to a Lacery, to look at the Dutch made laces. We had lunch at Jimmy ...
Iowa Corn Fields
... it to anyone who is traveling on the road (it even lists walmart :)). Anyway we made it thru Des Moines and headed to Newton Iowa for the night and you guessed it another Walmart parking lot. This was a beautiful spot surrounded by corn and soy bean fields and very quiet. We also needed supplies, since we got in fairly early we were able to shop and get stocked with ...
Heading to Denver
... was featured on the travel channel) and ate at Wendy's and shopped around and goofed off for an hour and headed out.....One other thing i saw and have never seen this, a crop dusting plane making a pass over the corn fields.....so that all that has been happening for now we have another 725 miles of corn fields left ot look at before we get to Denver....so CYA down the ...
Long day in the wind. . .
... going to Shipshawana Wednesday morning and then to the Monaco Plant in Wakarusa, IN. When the company went bankrupt in 2009, it moved all the facilities to Oregon and now they are back in Indiana. We are going to take a tour and then head for the barn in Grand Rapids.
Thanks to all that have been along for the ride and for your comments. Will finish a few more day and then put the finishing touches before we publish the final ...
Iowa
... killed in the Enterprise tornado several years back. Ate leftover pizza for supper and it the sack. Long day tomorrow as we try to make it all the way to Interior, SD, near the Badlands. Drew's ear is better but still bothering him. Put heat on it tonight and he went right to ...
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Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Pella
315 Roosevelt Road, Pella | 3 star hotelfrom $86 -
Baymont Inn & Suites Pella
2104 Washington Street, Pella | 2 star hotelfrom $75 -
AmericInn Hotel & Suites Pella
910 West 16th Street, Pella | 2 star hotelfrom $94 -
Royal Amsterdam Hotel
705 East First Street, Pella | Hotelfrom $109