the rest of tuesday

Des Moine's adventure included a sculpture park where we were reminded of our children (at home).  Doesn't matter what is going on, they will always be picking at each other.  This sculpture is supposed to be figures dancing but it reminded me of the constant "Stop touching me... I'm not touching you" battle.

A quick stroll around the block of sculpture plus a couple extra blocks to find the Giant Trowel.  And then we were off to find the cemetery in the middle of the road. 

Boo!  The development in the outskitrts of Des Moines had reached the cemetery and it is no longer in the middle of the road (they moved the road).

The next point of interest was the Roseman Covered Bridge. Who doesn't love a covered bridge?  

 We stopped through the town of Winterset (birthplace of John Wayne)

and found a Ben Franklin store so we had to go in.  (we found at least one Christmas present - yep, it's still 5 months til Christmas but when opportunity knocks, you answer)

This is the one from the novel "The Bridges of Madison County".  

And if the gravel roads to the bridge weren't enough, we drove 10 miles on gravel roads to find the tree in the middle of the intersection.

A few more miles on gravel to hit a state highway to take us to see Albert the bull.

It was starting to get late so we almost skipped the Tiny Church but it was at the same site as the authentic Danish windmill so we stopped for a quick visit.

Then on we went, we were determined to get close to Omaha before bed.  We stopped one last time to check air pressure  (dust must have been in the sensor) and see the 76 foot corn stalk

We rolled into Council Bluffs in time for bed.