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Amana, Iowa
Spent the morning in Amana Iowa. It's a small community started by the Amish, but didn't see one buggy or any people dressed in the Amish attire. Did see the Amana factory where they make appliances.
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Barn in Amana
This barn was on the edge of town. For some reason it has grape vines growing on the outside walls. There are several vineyard locally, making wine from local grapes, rhubarb, raspberry, strawberry, etc.
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Stores Downtown Amana
The main street in town is lined with old buildings like this. Lots of craft, quilt and antique shops. and a meat market, bakery and restaurants serving family style meals.
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Windmills
Along the way across Iowa are cornfields, soy bean fields and several windmill farms.
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Buddy Holly
Going down I-35 we went through Clear Lake, known as the place where "the music died". On Feb 3, 1959 about 4 miles north of town the plane carrying Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper crashed. The glasses mark the spot on the road where you walk about 1/2 mile to see the crash site.
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Crash Site
This small memorial is located at the site where the plane crashed. While we were there several other cars showed up and took the walk to the site.
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Surf Ballroom
The last show preformed by Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Booper was here. They took the plane to their next engagement instead of riding the bus which had a broken heater. Unfortunately the plane had ice on its wings and crashed shortly after take off.
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Minnesota
And on to Minnesota. Stayed at a RV park in Minneapolis.
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