Instead of taking you through a current day of my life in Iowa, I thought I would send some photos of things, places and events that seem to represent a part of what is Iowa.
Iowa as you know is a mid-west farming state. It has numerous industries and is one of the top 5 states with the highest amount of insurance companies. We have a definite four seasons for weather.
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They have hot air balloon races out of Indianola, Iowa about every late July/early August for one week. It is pretty neat to watch. The sky becomes filled with numerous balloons and as you can see by the photos, when they land it looks pretty unique also.  |
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| This one is a picture of kids trying to push a plow like it was done when the prairie was originally plowed. |
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| The Iowa Living History Museum that is located in Des Moines, is a free museum with several hands on exhibits. |
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| Living History Farms on the edge of Des Moines, is a location that has farms set up and operating based on different time periods. When one visits there you see how they cooked, worked and played as far back as 100 years ago. It is a very educational and fun place to visit. In the town at the local store, they have what sold at that time: herbs for medicine, leeches for medical care, material for clothes, etc. There is also a location that shows how the Indians in Iowa lived. One of these photos showing how the buffalo hides were scraped as part of the tanning process of the hide and also how they used the hide to build their tepees. |
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| The Des Moines Science Center is a location that gives hands on projects to explain and play with science. One was a fishing game for very young children that was working with magnets. The other photo shows kids getting ready to shoot off the paper rocket they made to see how far it would fly. |
