Omaha, Nebraska to Chaska, Minnesota
Mr. Jones and I left Omaha yesterday morning and less than an hour later were in Iowa. Don't let anyone tell you that Iowa isn't a beautiful state. I haven't been all over Iowa, but the parts I have seen are just as pretty as can be! We drove in an out of storms all throughout our day yesterday. The rich, warm fall colors of bronze, gold and rust were everywhere. The western part of Iowa is full of rolling hills and valleys, terraced farming, alluring little hollows with creeks running through ... acres and acres of farmland, wide rivers, and wide open land stretching as far as your eye can see ...
Just being able to take it all in and worship the One who spoke all of this beauty into existence, made me so thankful to be alive!
Once we headed north out of Des Moines, the hills lessened and even the colors became more subdued ... like fall had come too quickly and was on its way out ... past its prime, and I'd only just briefly glimpsed it!
Mr. Jones didn't have many trains to follow yesterday, so the day kind of dragged on for him. I was glad when we finally entered Minnesota and we knew we were only about two hours away from Adam and Emily.
The directions to Adam and Emily's house that we got off the internet were really detailed and accurate until we got about 15 minutes from their house and the street we were on dead-ended! Oops. It took us nearly an hour to find their house because it was now dark and our directions were incorrect!
We finally pulled into their house a little after 6:00 in the evening. Whew! We enjoyed a nice dinner out with them, came back to their house and absolutely crashed the rest of the night. I've got a bunch of pictures from our day today that I'm getting ready to post. Stand by ...
Mr. Jones and I left Omaha yesterday morning and less than an hour later were in Iowa. Don't let anyone tell you that Iowa isn't a beautiful state. I haven't been all over Iowa, but the parts I have seen are just as pretty as can be! We drove in an out of storms all throughout our day yesterday. The rich, warm fall colors of bronze, gold and rust were everywhere. The western part of Iowa is full of rolling hills and valleys, terraced farming, alluring little hollows with creeks running through ... acres and acres of farmland, wide rivers, and wide open land stretching as far as your eye can see ... 
Just being able to take it all in and worship the One who spoke all of this beauty into existence, made me so thankful to be alive!
Once we headed north out of Des Moines, the hills lessened and even the colors became more subdued ... like fall had come too quickly and was on its way out ... past its prime, and I'd only just briefly glimpsed it!
Mr. Jones didn't have many trains to follow yesterday, so the day kind of dragged on for him. I was glad when we finally entered Minnesota and we knew we were only about two hours away from Adam and Emily.
The directions to Adam and Emily's house that we got off the internet were really detailed and accurate until we got about 15 minutes from their house and the street we were on dead-ended! Oops. It took us nearly an hour to find their house because it was now dark and our directions were incorrect!
We finally pulled into their house a little after 6:00 in the evening. Whew! We enjoyed a nice dinner out with them, came back to their house and absolutely crashed the rest of the night. I've got a bunch of pictures from our day today that I'm getting ready to post. Stand by ...
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