2018 Wisconsin – part 17, Pierre du Chien
Our last day in NE Iowa was a down day spent at a laundromat and cooking for the next week or so. We did take a little time out to...
2018 Iowa – part 1, why Iowa?
You may know that I grew up in the middle of Iowa (Des Moines) and moved out of state after college. The one area of the state I’ve never visited,...
2018 Iowa – part 2, McGregor and Pikes Peak State Park
We’re staying at Pikes Peak State Park outside of McGregor in the northeast corner of the state, and yes, the same man who named the peak in Colorado named the...
2018 Iowa – part 3, Effigy Mounds National Monument and driftless area
The first morning in Iowa we started driving north from McGregor to our first stop at the Effigy Mounds. I remember hearing about these mounds when I was young but...
2018 Iowa – part 4, a lock, a lunch, a view, a dredger, a towboat, a tender, and Mark Twain
Sunday was such an interesting day. We started off driving south along the Mississippi River and came across 1 of 29 locks on the river from Minnesota to the Gulf...