Big Trip, part 9--Back in Iowa

In my last post I hinted at the possibility of one more CA post with some videos.  Well, that is not going to happen.  For some reason, even though I was able to get the videos posted, I was not able to keep them from playing continuously---all three videos at the same time.  And it was making me tired and dizzy, watching Josie and Evan whizzing down the sidewalk on scooters and bikes. So I ended up deleting that post so that I wouldn't cause my readers any motion sickness.

We began our journey back to the Midwest on April 15, taking the route through Nevada, Utah, Colorado. Nebraska and ending up in Ankeny on Thursday, the 17th. We were struck by the beauty of God's creation as we enjoyed the gorgeous scenery, especially in Utah and Colorado.  There was still quite a bit of snow in the mountains, but nothing that affected our driving.

Our stop in Ankeny coincided with Rachel's need for care for Jeremiah, so that was convenient.  Her daycare was closed on Good Friday, so we were able to spend the day with him. 

We visited the Ankeny Library in the morning and also spent some time at a city park.  There were ducks at this park, so we brought some bread to feed them. These ducks were a lot hungrier than the ones we had tried to feed in California---they were almost fighting over the bread sometimes.

This boy has quite an arm!

We spent some time at the playground, too.

We left for home the next day, but not before one last picture in front of the house in Ankeny.

We had been gone from home for almost 6 weeks in all.  We had wonderful times with our kids and grandkids and we enjoyed much better weather than we would have had in Wisconsin.  But it was good to be back home again.  I guess it's true--"There's no place like home!"