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Road Trip!

Iowa sure likes their structurally unsound bridges. A ways down the road (is that even a structurally sound sentence?) from Bentonsport is this span at Oakland Mills. There's a little café here known for their tenderloins and I so want to do this trip again. But Mt. Pleasant and Jerry's pizza is just a ways down the road from here, so what is a fella to do? Answer: both, of course.

This view would certainly be better during the autumn when the leaves are turning. Must put that on the "to-do" list.

I wonder why bridges are fun to explore? Must be some form of instinctual ability to get from point A over across treacherous waters to B. Here one can grab one of those juicy loins and stroll down toward the picnic table.

This is the bucolic Skunk River - a body of water I almost drowned in once. As a young'un freshman I was riding on the Phi Delt frat raft we built for homecoming. Speaking of structural integrity, that little weighted-down bobber of a craft sank and with me on it. Back in those days one had to pass a swimming test to graduate and most people took that test during orientation week, but I decided to wait until I was a senior. So, I couldn't swim a lick when the raft went down. As I was touching bottom I felt someone come down and bring me back up. I was still shaking as I was returned to campus and took a long warm shower to contemplate proper boat structure and my God.

A couple of pictures of the old hydroelectric plant that was built in the 30's and kept this part of Iowa well lit for 40 years. Also around here is a walking trail and camp grounds. I admire towns that take what they have and turn into something fun. New Boston has done that with their river front and why K-Burg doesn't is a real puzzler.

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