Neato!!
Our home for the next three days.
This was our next door neighbor. It says "Dale, Jr and Dale Earnhardt Blvd." Don't know if this was the real McCoy or if it was a super fan.
When I said we were traveling with the big dogs, I really meant it. Look at that gorgeous coach!!
Off we went to West Branch, IA. That is where Herbert Hoover was born and his Presidential Library is there. This is a building on the Hoover property.
This is the necessary house. You can tell by the bottom that this was well used.
Hoover's father was a blacksmith. This is a replica of his smith shop. 
An old pedal power table saw.
Notice the wood planes on the wall. Beneath is a pedal powered grinder.
These are old lunch buckets in the schoolhouse Hoover attended.
Penmanship books we used to have.
This little house is where Hoover was born. Imagine raising three children here. The middle pictures are of the inside and the last from the back.
This is a little room in the back.
Hoover was raised a Quaker and this is the meeting house he attended.
The women sat on one side and the men on the other. When the business meeting was held, there was a curtain rolled down between them.
After seeing the birthplace, we went to see the town. Mainstreet was rather small but really like small town America should be.
What they DO have is wonderful old homes.
This one used to be wonderful.
After driving around town for a bit, we wound up at the Library. This Belgium lace piece was a gift from Hoover's friend. It is VERY difficult to make.
These spools are what they use to weave the lace above. Those black things in the middle are pins to weave the lace around.
The furniture is the actual furniture from the birth house.
This is Mrs Hoover's favorite ball dress.
The chair was the one Hoover used in the White House. The contraption next to it is a dictaphone.
Hmmmm, what have we here?
This looks like a professional post card picture. Not so, we saw farm after farm like this. Iowa is exactly what I expected it to be. Gorgeous farms with vegetables growing everywhere.
Then there was this phenomenon.
Look at how huge this room is---there is an eighteen wheeler on the far wall. Everything a trucker even THINKS he needs is in this room.
In the restaurant was this old truck.
Wonderful statues.
A '31 truck sitting in the store.
Well known artists. This one happens to be Jim Shore.
When you walk in the door, this is what you see. A truck up on a pedestal and all.
Well known everything...Remington, Lladro, Hummel to name a few.
My goodness we have a lot to be thankful for.
1 comment:
Beautiful homes, old trucks & cars and nice truck stop! Good pics!
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