Our first stop was Emerson in Mills County!
Next was Corning which is in Adams County.
This is in Creston, Union County.
I loved their welcome center in Creston - what a unique idea!!
Next on the list was the town of Murray in Clarke County! The rock below was our favorite of all we have seen! What an emotional painting - brought us to tears!
They had a beautiful display of flags!
Next was Ottumwa which is in Wapello County. The location of this rock was SO disappointing. There was no parking because it's right off a main drag - we parked in a strip mall and walked to it. Surprisingly enough, there was a beautiful park right across the street so the location of this one was hard to figure out!
Ottumwa had a great place to eat!! Patty was driving and I was trying to find a "unique" place to eat and I came upon Appanoose Rapids which not only sounded cute but had great reviews! It was a GREAT place with wonderful food and the atmosphere was fun!!
It had a cool bar down the side and check out that ceiling!! If you ever get over that way, I highly recommend it!!
And our last Freedom Rock of the day was actually out in the country but the town listed for it is Grandview in Louisa County.
Although this rock was one of the smallest and strangest shaped one we had seen, the surrounding area was well done and extremely interesting to see!
I loved how the county sold bricks for their pathway where you could put a persons' name, the dates they served and what branch of the service that they served.
WOW - one amazing day seeing all of these wonderfully painted rocks!! But we reached our destination of LeClaire and were ready for the 2nd portion of our trip!
2 comments:
Those rocks are amazing. It's fun to see them all!
What a fun way to travel across Iowa.
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