Moscow, IA to Center Point, IA

Tipton, Iowa

We well got the RV into the shop about 7:40 Wednesday Morning, then loaded up Rudy, Brad and I and headed back to Tipton for breakfast.  After breakfast we walked around the town for a while checking out some of the neat old buildings.  We finally headed back to HWH (the hydraulics shop) about 10:00 and the RV was already finished, so we paid our bill, loaded everybody back into the RV and headed out.  We are now at Lazy Acres CG in Center Point, IA, about 25 min. north of Grand Rapids, IA.  We found the CG with no problem, got to our site and did the normal, check out the CG, while walking the dog.  Nice place, but I must admit it feels like we are in the middle of nowhere, the only place to get creamer is the gas station mini mart down the street.  They actually have a lot here at the CG, a basketball court, a sand volleyball court, disc golf, mini golf, horse shoe pits, a pond with a gazebo about half way out, some cute decorations and besides that, it's quiet here.  
 

Wapsipinicon Mill

 

Thursday morning Brad made breakfast on the grill, then we headed into Independence, IA to find the grocery store and Wal-Mart.  We drove thru town for a little while, found a place to eat, then right across the street was the Wapsipinicon Mill Museum and we just had to check it out.  We spent about 2-2.5  hours wondering around in there, checking out all the displays and write-ups on the place.  Seems we are pretty lucky, about 10 years ago the 150 year old, with the interior being all wood, actually caught fire and they managed to save it with very little damage.  We then walked through the Brimmer Park looking for a geocache, but no luck on that one.....oh well, another one another day.  After that we hit Wal-Mart, the grocery store and then headed home.  We planned on chicken for dinner, but since it was 6:00 'til we got home we settled for sausage on the grill.  I talked with my dad then it was too late to call Lynne, so after the dog walk it was off to bed by 11:00.

 



Wine Store Display

Friday we were planning a bike ride, but they are calling for rain, so into Amana Colony, what a great find.  It's one of the oldest settlements in Iowa and this is where the Amana Refrigerator was first made and is still made today.  We stopped at the Ox Yoke Restaurant for lunch and were not disappointed, after that we hit a wine shop, leather shop, the general store and a few others on our way back towards the car, with the last stop being the bakery where we just had to make a pastry purchase.  We got there about noon and didn't leave until 4:00....we could probably spend a few more days there just to see the rest of the place.  After that we checked out the Amana CG, about 1/2 mile town, no shade but it looks new and is pretty big.  We then headed home to rescue Rudy from his kennel.  Brad walked him in a drizzle, but then after that the rain was coming down hard enough, no dinner on the grill.  Chicken in the convection oven, pretty good, with a salad on the side.  After that I talked with Lynne for a while, walked the dog and just hid inside from the rain.  All in all, a good day. 

We'll keep you posted on our next travel,
thanks for the visit,
Diane and Brad

Iowa Sunset from our site