So I've written about some of our favorite businesses and events, now it is time for places. When we first moved to Iowa we weren't sure we'd find any "cool" places like you find in Colorado. Turns out we did find a few. I'm not sure if they are still there, with all the crazy flooding we were lucky enough to just miss out on, but here they are.
1. Nauvoo- Okay so this isn't even in Iowa, but we will never live so close to it again. We took full advantage of living so close to it by going there 5 times. We loved it. I've already blogged about that though.
2. The Bike Trail- My favorite place in Boone. There was a perfect 6 mile loop I loved to run. I rarely saw many people on it. It went through a gorgeous park and through some wooded areas. The foliage was so thick it was like running through a tunnel of trees. I saw deer there often. Good 'ol Drake and I had some good times on this trail.
3. The Ledges - Just 10 minutes away was the Ledges State Park, probably the prettiest place in all of Iowa. It actually had some impressive rock and curvatures in the land (okay so maybe not so impressive if the Colorado National Monument is your childhood playground, but amidst all the corn fields, it is pretty impressive.) It has a stream running through it that the girls' LOVED to play in more than anything. They would constantly beg to come here. It was the perfect depth for them to play in even at a very young age. We went there for summertime barbeques almost weekly. Sadly, I'm sure this place is all underwater right now. It will dry out though.
4. Kate Shelley Bridge, Des Moines River - We floated down this very shallow, slow moving river (usually) a couple times. Mostly girls' loved to play on the "beach" as we called it. It was fun to watch the trains go by overhead and sometimes the conductor would lean out and wave while blowing the big train whistles.
5. Mt. Pisgah - Click on the photo to learn what Mt. Pisgah is. We only went there once, but it was a very peaceful and special place. Many people died there and there are unmarked graves. We learned about "divining" and it really does work. When you walk over an area of land that has been messed with (like there is a grave there) the metal rods cross in your hands - it has to do with the earth's electromagnetic fields. That is what I am doing with the metal rods in the next picture. It is a little freaky, but totally cool. You can also see ruts in the ground where the wagons went by.
Those are some of the special places in Iowa we miss.
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