Friday Fun

After sleeping pretty good Thursday night, we were almost ready to head to the breakfast bar when the shrieking sound of the smoke alarm went off - REALLY???  Such a piercing sound and it just wouldn't stop - I opened the door and looked out as did other people on the first floor and we could see people at the far end running around.  It was all smoky at that end and a horrible smell - found out someone had started a fire in their wastebasket (probably not intentionally)..............after getting the air cleared out, we went on down to eat breakfast and luckily the room wasn't smoky.  We were definitely woke up for the day!!

Our plans were massive for the day - bridges, park, Clark Tower, John Wayne museum, winery and a musical for the evening!

The Cutler-Donahue covered bridge is set in the the Winterset City Park - built in 1871 it was moved to the park after it was no longer in use!

The park is beautiful and all the trees around the bridge made for a great picture!

The park has a loop that takes you through a heavily wooded area - just gorgeous!

We arrived at the Clark Tower which was erected in 1926 as a standing monument to the county's first pioneer family by their descendants.  It's constructed of native limestone and stands 25 feet high!

Of course we climbed to the top and had fun taking pictures out of the stone look-outs!

Then we circled around again and stopped to walk in this maze!

At the center of the maze (and no, it wasn't too hard to find the center - even for us old people!!) was a sundial!

Back in the car, it was time to see the next bridge BEFORE coffee!!