Well, we passed up Knoxville to camp at the campsite near the Red Rock Dam that was constructed by the army corps of engineers. What a great idea! Much better than staying in the noisy town.
Not a dam but a windmill
In the nearby town of Pella, Iowa. It was a pass-though town on the next day, but we stopped in a day early to see the sites free of all the bicycles.
They Like Windmills here
Founded by Dutch immigrants in 1847, it was the boyhood home of Wyatt Earp.
Lots of windmills
…here’s one made out of bikes. It was strange being here before to locust plague of Ragbrai and not seeing ANYONE on the street riding a bicycle. I mean, in the Netherlands it’s as common as, uh, I don’t know… WINDMILLS?
One more before we go
Pella is the headquarters for the company Pella Windows and Doors and the Vermeer company. Some local newspaper took some pictures of my on my bike… I don’t know what became of that…