Iowa City! We spent Wednesday night at the lovely home of Mark and Beth Smith.
After dinner at the Blue Bird Cafe, Marie Therese and Anne Marie took a walk downtown and looked at the Iowa River.
In the morning we enjoyed Beth's homemade granola.
Then we piled into our car and hit the road. We drove West along Highway 80 all day.
We stopped for lunch at a rest area near Waco, Iowa.
This area of Iowa is very proud of its windmills! I love windmills so I went off onto a small country road to get a closer look. But you'll have to look hard to find the windmills in this photo!
Marie took the wheel and did a fine job of driving for more than two hours. I took a little nap.
As we entered Nebraska, we saw our first tree with green leaves! It must be Spring! And we began to notice that the grass is green!
When I chose Kearney, Nebraska, for our destination, I didn't know about the cranes! Every year, thousands of Sandhill Cranes come in to the Kearney area to feed in the fields. After sunset, they all fly in to roost on a little island in the middle of the Platte River
To see these cranes flying, take a look at this:
https://youtu.be/ZljhM2Uvuqo
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