It’s a late night post, well I guess it only feels late if you have been up and running on high for this many days.
We headed out this morning at 7am and drove until lunch. We ate and were back on the road. Our destination was the Amana Colonies In Amana Iowa. I had never been here and didn’t really know anything about the Colonies. It was very interesting. It was a German religious group that settled in Iowa. They were a closed group, kind of like the Amish, but they believed that technology was a gift to be used. The Microwave was actually invented in the Amana Colonies. In the 1930’s the group became a corporation and the members each received shares. They had quite a bit of industry. Today the Colonies let people that aren’t members live in the area but they do not receive shares. It was very interesting and we wished we would have had more time to learn about this area of our countries history.
We spent a couple of hours on our own and then enjoyed a delicious family style meal. After eating we headed to The Old Creamery Theatre and enjoyed a play called Everybody Loves Opal. We have just checked into our rooms and plan on being on the road by 7:00 am tomorrow.
By the way, we were hoping to bring the warm weather back with us, it doesn’t look like it will happen. We have dug out our sweatshirts once again.
It has been a really good trip. We have made friends and memories that will last a life time.
We are stopping at the American Legion in Albert Lee, MN tomorrow morning where they will serve us brunch and we will share with them about Quilts of Valor and our trip. We are then doing a little shopping before heading home. We are planning on being in Underwood, MN at 6pm tomorrow night.
Sorry no pictures today.
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