TRIP DAY – 99, 100, 101,
102
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DAILY
MILES – 165, 186, 0, 0 (Bike Miles - 6+)
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TOTAL
MILES – 12,764
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9/21- Entered Iowa and hoped to camp at Council
Bluffs but it didn’t work out. The
Hitchcock Nature Center was hosting four weddings over the weekend and the
small campground was completely full.
The ranger there recommended we head east on I-80 and stop at the Lake Anita
State Park, which we did. We scored a
beautiful site directly on the lake which was amazing as the campground was
about full with folks watching the “Corn Huskers” on TV and tailgating. There were lots of nice folks to meet and the lovely lake
to view. 9/22, 23, 24- Heading east on I-80 we skirted around Des Moines and headed for Rock Creek State Park near Kellogg, IA. They had over 100 sites and not a one was level. We decided to head on to Amana, IA as we had camped at Amana Colonies RV Park a few years back and knew it to be a flat prairie. It turned out to be the right decision as we have been here three days and enjoyed every minute of the stay.
Amana Colonies has a terrific bike trail and we rode up to the
Amana Village one day for shopping and lunch at Ronneburg Restaurant. Also, took the bike trail around the Lily
Pond which goes into Middle Amana and then circles back to the main Amana
Village. Anytime we can ride the bikes
it just makes the day fun.
