After all the paperwork was finished we decided to pick up a few geocaches in the area and head back to Maryland. It was a 4-fer day for us with geocaches found in Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa. That is a first for us finding caches in 4 states in one day.
The last cache was found at the Freedom Rock in central Iowa near exit 86 on I-80. An artist has painted this huge rock for the last 8 years or so honoring our armed forces personnel. The rock sits along the side of the highway and there is a small kiosk and a picnic table with a cover over it. It was well worth the small detour to see the rock and the area. You can read more about the rock at www.freedomrock.com.
We had planned on stopping at the rock on our way back and our friend Gloria reminded us that it was worth seeing also. We fully agree with her on this subject.
Gerry and I have been through Iowa a number of times, but were pleasantly surprised this time to see how beautiful the state is in the western part. The gently rolling hills are covered with soybean and cornfields and have neat designs. There are also some very beautiful farm houses that you can see from the interstate.
We hadn't planned on driving back to Des Moines since we left so late from Sioux Falls, but there aren't a lot of motels in the western part of the state and most of them were full by the time we got around to stopping. So, we drove back to Des Moines and will leave here in the morning for Ohio.
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