7-13-2011

Iowa is a beautiful state. My husband is from there. We were originally going to visit the city of his birthplace, but we ran out of time. We were also going to visit the world’s largest concrete garden gnome, but couldn’t find it. So what did we do in Iowa? Well, we went to a park and played a mean game of kickball with J’s niece and her gang. My team looked like we came straight out of an episode of King of the Hill and despite being labeled as the gimps due to repeated injuries, we still managed to bring home the title of champions. The work out didn’t end there either because after that we went up to the top of a water tower that was converted into an observation tower.The stairs were very steep and seemed to go on forever, the view was nice though. We had a ways to drive, so we said our goodbyes and got back on the road again. After traveling for several hours we stopped to fill up in a little town in Minnesota that just happened to have a mini carnival going on. Thank you Jesus for sending a bounce house, paint, and games to some kids that have been cooped up in a carseat half the day.

Next it was time set up camp and settle down for the night, but the problem was there is some kind of political unrest in the parks and recreation department of Minnesta. I’m half teasing, but all the National parks in the state are closed right now because the city officials could not come to an agreement on the budget. So what is the messy crew to do? We made a slight detour and added another state to our ultimate road trip. Nothing is going to hold us back! Today we learned if you can’t stick with the plan then go with the flow.