Saturday - A slightly longer drive day today ending at a city park just southwest of Des Moines, IA. The campground within the park has level gravel pads surrounded by green grass and included full hookups for a very reasonable price. The grass is a nice change from the dry “grass” at the Texas parks.
I have another idea with the generator. Since the “PowerAssist” feature works great when plugged into shore power, I’m going to limit current from the generator on the Victron and see if the A/C starts and runs. Start at something like 10amps and gradually increase the current. We are here for several days. I’ll try this when we head out on Tuesday, Canada Day.
Sunday - It’s another one of those days. The rain didn’t start until mid-morning so I did set up the Blackstone to make breakfast.
After the rain, we went to the John Wayne museum in downtown Winterset. It was a well done museum though a bit overpriced at $19.
After lunch back at the RV, we headed back into town to the Iowa Quilt Museum. I admit that I waited outside though I’m sure it was very well done. Just not really interested enough to pay the $10 admission.
The courthouse across the street looked fantastic. You may be able to see the name of the county we are in and recognize it from the movie
The Bridges of Madison County. I remember seeing the movie but can’t remember anything about it. As you might guess, there are a number of covered bridges in the area.
We went to Roseman Covered Bridge, which is one of the most popular from the movie. They had just restored the bridge and had to “distress” the paint to make it look older. Then repaint it after filming.
Been there! I too liked the John Wayne museum. I think Martha attended the quilt museum solo. Did you check out the Wall to Wall murals? Also, nearby Metropolis is home to Superman Museum, a bit nerdy but fun. Pics of quilts, murals and Superman Kitsch in the 4jul21 posting of my blog.in the
ReplyDeleteApparently, I referenced wrong quilt museum, sorry so, the derivative recommendations are wrong.
DeleteWe visited there in 2013- on our way to WI- very cute little town, captures the essence of all things Iowa! Now, to clear up some confusion: my hubby is mixing up his quilt musuems- I did not manage a visit to the Iowa one- but we did visit the one in Paducah KY, which is near Metropolis, IL. Good Luck staying cool- I recall vividly how hot it was when we passed thru a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous -above is me, Martha, d'uh!
DeleteIt's not too hot today. It was 68°F this morning and only 80°F in the middle of the afternoon. I'll take it…
DeleteIt's a really nice town. I like it.