Iowa – Fall 2014

Traveling
So Iowa won out!  I have a wonderful husband who always gives in to my wants.  I had my heart set on visiting the Amana Colonies in Iowa but with the delay because of the truck we didn’t think we would head in that direction.  But Joe said it didn’t make any difference in distance going to Zach’s in Ohio so off we went to see the Amana Colonies. Our first stop on our way to Amana was a beautiful Corp of Engineer Park in Johnston, Iowa, on Sayerville Lake.  So many of the COE campgrounds we have stayed at as we travel are treasured fines.  Of course, the people who live close to them already know that and book them for the weekends.  For that reason they are hard…
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Minnesota – Summer of 2014

Traveling
I should be writing this from Amana, Iowa but alas it was not meant to be.  We had reservations in Iowa starting September 23rd, said our good-byes to our kids and thought we were off to the land of the Hawkeyes but our truck had other ideas.  We had been having issues with an engine light coming on for about a month and had it in and out of the dodge service center several times thinking we finally had it fixed.  But it wasn’t to be.  The day before we were scheduled to leave the light came on again.  One more time to the dodge dealer ended up with us leaving it for 8 days.  Thankfully they gave us a nice little Jeep Compass to use but also grounded us…
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