On the Road Again

After our visit with Jill and Jason in K.C. we headed farther north, up through Missouri, Iowa, then into South Dakota. More BEAUTIFUL country and more CORN!


As we drove through the corn fields we even listened to agricultural reports on a station out of Mitchell, S.D. called 1490 KORN.  I thought it was funny when we heard the name Minnehaha County.    The county received its name from the Sioux word for waterfalls, meaning "where the water laughs" or "laughing water."

Sadie was kind of confused.  Every time she looked out the window we were in a different place.

Iowa State Song

(words by S.H.M. Byers - to the tune of Tannenbaum)

 

You asked what land I love the best, Iowa, tis Iowa,

The fairest State of all the west, Iowa, O! Iowa,

From yonder Mississippi's stream

To where Missouri's waters gleam

O! fair it is as poet's dream, Iowa, in Iowa.

 

See yonder fields of tasseled corn, Iowa, in Iowa,

Where plenty fills her golden horn, Iowa, in Iowa,

See how her wondrous prairies shine.

To yonder sunset's purpling line,

O! happy land, O! land of mine, Iowa, O! Iowa.