…back from Iowa
June 24, 2008 at 6:27 amtravel
We’re ba-aaaack! After 5 days in Iowa visiting Matt’s family, we are back to the DC grind — which means we just got back from 5:30am swim practice. Nothing like an early morning swim to jolt you back to reality. ugh!
The photo above is a windmill from Pella, Iowa, a city founded by the Dutch peoples with traces of their heritage still found all over the place there. Tulips, windmills, a Klockenspiel, and a bakery with Dutch letters - yum! There was supposedly this so-called “Duck Pond” that we walked to, only to find no ducks, but the pond was there. That could have been weird had it been the other way around.
We also spent time on the family farm (I petted an Angus/steer/cow of some sort) both a little white one and a big black one that used to be a porch pet and never once pooped on said porch. We walked around Centerville, Iowa and visited the museum, formerly the town post office, where we saw pieces of coal mine history, as well as cool old dresses and shoes, old postal machines, and one of those bicycles with one really big wheel. Matt’s grandfather had been helping to repaint the basement there.
We will post more of the trip photos later! I’m also happy to report that I am writing this on my new Mac Book Pro. boo yeah!
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