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Old 07-29-2006, 07:06 AM   #21
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We have stayed in Winterset city park and it is a nice park and close to all the covered bridges. Seemed like it only had 30 amp service. But that was enough as we were not in the camper during the heat of the day we were out seeing the sights.
 
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Old 07-29-2006, 10:17 AM   #22
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Red Rocks reservoir is a beautiful COE campground just outside of Pella--Big lake for all kinds of boats.
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Old 08-02-2006, 01:50 PM   #23
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Anyone know the population of Des Moines??


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Old 08-02-2006, 03:20 PM   #24
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BIG! By Iowa standards and then when you count all the bedroom communities just outside Des Moines...

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Old 08-02-2006, 08:00 PM   #25
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198,682 according to the 2005 Iowa state map. very little industry, lots of insurance companies.

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Old 08-03-2006, 04:00 AM   #26
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Des Moines also has a lot of traffic. Two major freeways cross there. We too love Iowa. The winters can get rough though. Oprn fields can cause a lot of blowing snow. We have been stranded there more than once when returning from the south in early spring. Check it out Dave. I think you would like it.

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Old 08-03-2006, 05:06 AM   #27
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Dave (M.S.), my sister and her family live 30 miles north of Des Moines, in Ames. I also like Iowa. Pretty state. Last time we towed through there we felt they need to do some work on their roads, however. We may take a route through Iowa to the rally, or perhaps on the way back. We'll need to kill four days before we can get back into this rv park (in addition to normal travel time) and are thinking either the Amana Colonies or the Bridges of Madison County.

Dave, if you need to make tracks getting to Goshen, then interstate is probably the fastest way. If you have more time and want to get more of the flavor of this country, then I'd highly recommend US highways. Vicki falls asleep when we're towing interstates, except for some in the northwest USA. But she always stays awake, looking around, on US highways.

I-70 through Colorado, west of Denver, is a beautiful drive and an exception to my feelings about interstates. East of Denver it's rather flat, like western Kansas and many other states.

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Old 08-03-2006, 05:59 AM   #28
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If you have never been to the Amana Colonies--that is a must--good food, winery, fun shopping, etc. Northeast Iowa has some of the prettiest farm country I have ever seen. And, Oh I love some of the court houses in Iowa, very unique and a lot of the towns have "town squares". In the spring Pella has a big tulip festival--you have never seen so many tulips in one place--every yard, park and along all the streets are in full bloom. Elkhorn is alos supposed ot have a lot of tulips but I have never been there.

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I have my route planned, I-90 from WA all the way to Sioux Falls. The I-29 south to the 680 bypass onto I-80 east. Will take 80 all the way to Goshen. The reason I am curious about Des Moines is I have a possible job there and was wondering how big the town has gotten over the years. I used to live in Omaha, NE and travel many weekends back and forth to Chicago, IL. Des Moines, IA was the stopping point for lunch. Thanks for all the info on the surrounding areas.


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