Oct 4, 2011 - Sioux City South Dakota

No pics on this Stop.. Had a long day with detours around the flood areas of Highway 29 up to Sioux City.. Lots of flooding from the Missouri River all the way up to where we stayed for the night in North Sioux City which was in South Dakota.. however Sioux City is in Iowa just to the South. Stayed at a KOA campground right off the highway.. Nothing too exciting until 5:20am, when I heard a thump on the back of the RV near the car.. looked out our bedroom window and saw a Motor home owner flashing his flashlight over at our car which was...

Oct 13, 2009 - North Sioux City, South Dakota

October 13 – Tuesday Leaving Illinois, crossing the Mississippi River and making our way into Iowa this morning in the cool 1 degree Celsius air but with the sun shining we started another day of travel westward. Driving almost straight west across Iowa, the state of corn and cattle, we again saw acre after acre of corn and soya crops. Iowa is known as the state with the largest production of corn in the US. Harvesting is only about 10% complete according to a farmer we talked to yesterday, normally 50% complete by this time of year. We did...

Jun 26, 2009 - Waiting for Winnie then Wending our Way West

We got the Winnie in the shop by 0700 and it was done by 1200. The awning is as good as new (hopefully). We toured the Winnebago manufacturing plant, but there wasn’t much going on because they aren’t working on Fridays to reduce inventory. It’s a shame, there are only 1,700 people working where there were over 3,500 a year ago. They are generally only building coaches on order from dealers (annual production <10,000 vs. >20,000 last year). Poor Max had to suffer through the repairs in the back of the Equinox in his cage. He wasn’t real...