An Iowa Barn
It was interesting riding through Minnesota, basically flat with thousands of lakes, right beside each other. The towns were quaint and clean, usually brick buildings, and a few, such as Afton reminded me of East Coast Victorian towns. The farms were very neat, clean and well kept, beautifully landscaped with trees and flowers. The barns have a more rounded shape to their roofs. Minnesota I would compare to a carefully built pile of Legos. Then we enter Iowa, and it was just as I had imagined it would be, think of a pile of Lincoln Logs thrown in the air and landing where they will. The barns are very pointy and square, the farms are more of a mish-mash of buildings, not well taken care of, and pretty landscaping is missing. The very first town we entered was all old wood buildings not in a pleasing arrangement. I actually like the contrast, it keeps it interesting. (Although, since then I have seen some, quaint little towns such as, Elkader). And yes, there are corn fields everywhere. After climbing out of the Mississippi River Valley, we were on top of a very large plateau, and it feels like the top of the world, with rolling hills. Very different. It will be interesting to see how the rest of the 140 miles in Iowa look.
Mississippi River Views
We really enjoyed our camping beside the Mississippi River. It was fun watching the barges and tugboats. I am very thankful that the black flies and mosquitos had not had their large hatches yet. We had been forewarned that Minnesota would be quite miserable with the black flies especially.
I hope everyone is having a wonderful Independence Day. We got much needed rest, slept until 1 pm! Will continue the adventure tomorrow. - Alicia
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