Today, we board a slow boat to Rotterdam. I have scheduled posts that will fill the days at sea. We have WiFi this trip. I don't know how well it will work, and what I will be able to post while moving slowly east across the Atlantic. I will edit and post as I can. If I can't there will be daily posts. I likely will be slow to respond to comments, but please leave comments I will read and respond to them as I can.
Umm, more pigs than people. More Pork Queens than any other state.
I am glad I have been there. I think it is a great place for people to say they are from. But I can't think of a single reason why I would want to go back there.
We were there to get married. Sioux City! Apparently more commonly known as Sewer City. In our 1-hour drive from Sioux Falls, we followed behind a large truck filled with pigs. It was a stinky trip.
ReplyDeleteA lifelong connection to Iowa
DeleteThis post's photos confused me. Lots of palm trees in Iowa, are there?
ReplyDeleteThe first two photos are from yesterday in Ft Lauderdale
DeleteBack in the day of my paralegal work, I got to spend a week in Muscatine, Iowa, looking at boxes and boxes of documents for a copyright infringement case. It's on the Mississippi River, known for its agriculture, particularly the Muscatine Melon (cantaloupe), and tis claim to fame is it's the "Pearl Button Capital of the World," due to its historic pearl button industry. So there's that.
ReplyDeleteThere are some great things from there, like Ham.
DeleteI, too, thought: palm trees? Iowa???
ReplyDeleteI have flown over Iowa many times but have never been on the ground and I think that's okay.
Safe crossing!
Flyover country. Maybe we should drive across the country someday.
DeleteThe food producers in your country must be valued.
ReplyDeleteThere is a lot of agriculture in north America, Millions of square miles of land that will grow grain.
DeleteI went to college in Dubuque, Iowa and had a great time while I was there. We had many "woodsies" (drinking parties) along the Mississippi River.
ReplyDeletePeople find a way to have fun
DeleteThe Des Moines, Iowa metro area is actually quite nice. I've lived there full or part-time for over 40 years. Iowa was the third state in the union to make same sex marriage legal. My husband and I married there in 2009. In the last 15 years, the state has morphed from a fairly progressive place to a toxic MAGA place. If I didn't have friends and family there, I would never go back.
ReplyDeleteGood to learn more about it
DeleteOff you go on another fun adventure! Enjoy every minute of it!
ReplyDeleteGrowing up in Illinois, we visited Iowa quite often. My dad sold Amana appliances so we would visit the factory a few times a year. The Amana colonies are an interesting place founded by German pietists so the villages are quaint and people are humble. We used to dine at a place called The Ox Yoke Inn. Delicious food served family style.
Middle America
DeleteNever been there, but it seems like a boring state.
ReplyDeleteThose who live there would take exception
DeleteI knew a gal here that was from Iowa. When she lost her job, she moved back there. Never heard from her again.
ReplyDeleteI hope she found prosperity and happiness
DeleteI am mad-jealous of Rotterdam. They have lovely edam and gouda cheeses.
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