Saturday turned out to be a sunny fall day so Dale and I decided that it would be a good day for a road trip. We had a couple of ideas but were not sure how far we would go. It was a good road trip and we ended up at the Mississippi River in the far southeast corner of Iowa. We had not been to this area together before so that means we found several county seats and Dale photographed the courthouses. We even visited the one county that has two courthouses, Lee County. That's the reason that there are 99 counties but 100 courthouses.
Burlington is the home of Snake Alley, known as the crookedest street in the world. It's on the list of 100 places in Iowa to visit, so we found it, walked on it, drove down it and photographed it from both ends.
On the way home we realized we were very close to another destination on our list of 100 places. It was dark when we drove through Columbus Junction but decided to check out their swinging bridge while we were there. The bridge is actually very cool and quite long. It's in a wooded residential area and there was some light so Dale and I braved the dark to walk on the bridge. It did sway lots as we intentionally moved side to side. We were out there in the dark, laughing and coughing since we have both recently had colds. When we got off the bridge and headed to the car, I realized that I had "sea legs" then felt dizzy! I felt fine on the bridge but felt
queasy as we walked carefully to the car. I am glad that we took the time and ventured into the dark. It was a fun find. Maybe we will go back again in the daylight sometime.
Saturday turned out to be a sunny fall day so Dale and I decided that it would be a good day for a road trip. We had a couple of ideas but were not sure how far we would go. It was a good road trip and we ended up at the Mississippi River in the far southeast corner of Iowa. We had not been to this area together before so that means we found several county seats and Dale photographed the courthouses. We even visited the one county that has two courthouses, Lee County. That's the reason that there are 99 counties but 100 courthouses.
Burlington is the home of Snake Alley, known as the crookedest street in the world. It's on the list of 100 places in Iowa to visit, so we found it, walked on it, drove down it and photographed it from both ends.
On the way home we realized we were very close to another destination on our list of 100 places. It was dark when we drove through Columbus Junction but decided to check out their swinging bridge while we were there. The bridge is actually very cool and quite long. It's in a wooded residential area and there was some light so Dale and I braved the dark to walk on the bridge. It did sway lots as we intentionally moved side to side. We were out there in the dark, laughing and coughing since we have both recently had colds. When we got off the bridge and headed to the car, I realized that I had "sea legs" then felt dizzy! I felt fine on the bridge but felt queasy as we walked carefully to the car. I am glad that we took the time and ventured into the dark. It was a fun find. Maybe we will go back again in the daylight sometime. 
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