Andy and Darcy’s Blog

As I read over this post, I wonder why pictures of Iowa lack vibrant color…

Earlier this month we drove to Topeka. I can’t drive a stickshift very well (and that may even be exaggerating my limited talent) so I didn’t drive. At all! For most of the trip, I looked out the window and took pictures. Here are the sights of Iowa.

These windmills are so cool. There are fields of them in northern Iowa. And you may be able see in the picture that they’re putting up more. We saw several propellors go by on trucks. They were huge! One propeller was the length of a normal semi. Kudos to Iowa for their support of renewable energy.

As you can imagine there were lots of farms in Iowa. And they are rather interesting to look at.

And there were lots of pastures and crops. Andy asked a good question during our trip: Why is a combine called a combine if its purpose is to separate? Let us know if you know the answer to that.

It’s hard to believe that someone put up this awesomely ugly slgn that you can see for miles away. Unfortunately, it may be the most memorable thing on our drive through Iowa.

And just one more thing…this gas station is not native to Iowa, but you could consider Iowa an introduction to the land of humorous gas stations.

That’s it. I’m so sorry — I didn’t get a picture of the “Hogs Don’t Vote” sign. It is quintessential to Iowa. Maybe next time.