A mansion at Winterset , Iowa
Fish Fry Festival at Eldora ( LEona and Jagdish)
Leona and me at the river park, Eldora
Covered bridges of Madision County , Winterset , Iowa
Jagdish with dogsThere is a saying : " Some one asked is this heaven? Another person answered , " no , it is Iowa"....
Our day started in Lincoln Nebraska, with rain and stormy weather but we pushed forward towards Eldora, Iowa to meet with our dear friend Leona. We took little country roads and enjoyed the views of the farms inturrpted only by red barn yards, or silos or little white house or cattles. The storm kept getting stronger andstronger and after getting pushed over by the of the passing truck, we decided to cut down the adventure and take highway 80.
Oue first stop in Iowa was the Winterset, made famous by the movie and covered bridges. The town is picture perfect , complete with the town square, court house, jail and a theatre ( showing, diary of a wimpy kid:) The person at the chamber of commerce turned out to be ex californian whose father is a mechanical engineer from Berkeley. Anyways, there are total of 6 bridges left and most of them on a dirt road. We decided to be happy with just one and move on.
Next stop was college town of Ames. The botanical gardens were blooming with Tulips but the wind and the storm were too intense to enjoy them. We managed to find the Sugar Maple planted in the memory of Bill Vigar ( Becky's Dad) and then headed off to Eldora.
The GPS ( gizmo) donated by Anupam has been very useful friend except this time it decided to take us by some short cuts that involved dirt roads in the rainy weather. I had to vito it and believe it or not managed to get to Leona's house just using my memory.
Leona is an amazing lady and my inspiration. She had the tour of Eldora planned for us and as a special treat she took us to " fish fry" for dinner. This is special event, happens only once a month and this was the last one for this year. Seemed like the whole town of ELdora was there. It was a wonderful experience.
Leona and I set down to play Rummykube and soon enough Jim, Becky and the three " boys" showed up. We had a wonderful time with them.
I did not do the blog last night because I did not want Leona to be up and wait for me. So, here it is a day late.
It was a wonderful and adventurous day and seeing Leona, JIm , Becky and the "boys" was definitely the high light. Good night and be good
No comments:
Post a Comment