We left Kamp Komfort near Normal Illinois on Wednesday and headed west. We traveled about 200 miles to Amana Iowa. Amana is composed of 6 colonies that were established arond 1870. They were a religious communal society of german immigrants. The 6 colonies are on about 26,000 acres of farm land. Today their primarily comprised of farms, homes and shops, museums and crafts geared towards tourists. The biggest money maker after farming is the RV campgrounds. The campground is about 500 square yards with very few trees and most of those are young saplings. However it was a good campground, full hook ups with plenty of room between sites. Amana is also the home of Whirlpool's Amana division, the only industry in the area.We stayed two nights and spent Thursday exploring the colonies and their shops and Museums.
Now about the title of this edition of my blog. On Friday we headed west again on I-80 towards Nebraska. We passed a couple signs of interest and decided to stop and explore. We ended up in Winterset Iowa in Madison county. Winterset is the birth place of Marion Robert Morrison and Madison county has several old covered bridges.
fun stuff...sure wish I could travel. I never travel. Oh, wait, yes I did...for 7 years in Korea.
ReplyDeleteGlad you're having a grand time!