This little church was the inspiration for the song Church In The Wildwood. It is in Nashua, just a short drive from Clarksville, so we detoured to see it. It currently has 70 members and is used very often for weddings and other occasions, along with the wooded area next to it. It is kept open for tourists to view the inside.
We drove 3 hours today, occasionally in rain showers. We had a radio station on from someplace nearby in Iowa and the dj said the humidity was 100% at about 10 am. The reception was so good in the hills that it had to be a close town. The highways were terrible- county roads, state hiways and I-35 in Mnpls. It appears about 1 of 10 motorcyclists wear a helmet in Iowa and Minnesota. One guy had his hanging on the back of his bike out on the highway.
As was very popular around Clarksville, the rest of the eastern Iowa farmland revealed quite a number of barns that have a big quilt block painted on the end.
The news on a Mnpls station said one of the two zoos there is spending $20 million to renovate and to add a couple of new exhibits, including its first penguin one. That is an amazing amount of money in this economy. Sister-in-law said she's pretty sure it's a state owned zoo.
Arrived at a nice campground, and it is across from that zoo, but doubt we'll go over. I walked ahead of Tom to the site and visited a minute with a man outside his motorhome whose car had a big Methodist symbol on it and said Nomad Mission Volunteer. He said there are about 1000 of them across the country who build or renovate churches, mostly small ones. I had heard of this before and told him we have a group of diligent members at our church who go to disaster areas to help rebuild.
Enjoyed dinner at Tom's sister's, with her family and Tom's mom. Longest day of the year, but it was dark by the time we got back to the camper at 9:30.
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