The obvious high light was finding the place of the future birthplace of the Captain of USS Enterprise, Captain James T Kirk. It is in Riverside, Iowa, a small town near Iowa City where we spent the day wandering around with Bob and Hyla in 101 degree F temp. I will like you to save this picture so that you can pass it on to future generations ...
Bob is the baby brother of Leona and because of him and his wife Hyla, we were able to see the famous future all important birth place. They were nice enough to give us the guided tour of the Iowa city and surroundings. We saw working Amish colonies, schools, women at work and kids at play. Beautiful quilt shops in Kalona, Iowa. Did not know Kalona means Chedder Cheese ( now you do) and they make fresh cheese there.
We also toured the new medical facilities and the research places in Bio Medical field. Looks like Iowa city is the hub of Medical research and the hospitals for the mid west and may be one of the best in USA. After the tour and the yummy frozen yogurt, I am convinced that it is a great place to live only if the temperatures were little more cooperative.
In the morning Jagdish and I went to the Iowa River Gorge, which is 4 miles out of the city. The main attraction there ( besides the river, turkey vultures, hiking trails and the Dam) is Dovinion ( 350 to 450 million years ago) Fossils in the rocks. The mid west used to be a shallow sea millions of years ago and these fossils are the amazing proof of that. They are literally all over the place. I think, there are so many archaeological digs to be found and so many of us retirees need the entertainment and the activity, someone should put us all old folks to work for digging up fossils, In spite of the heat, it was fun. Amazing to think of the tropical forest and the ocean here but the proof is all here. ( i wonder how one fits in the story of creation 4000 years ago in all this...)
It was only 9 am in the morning and it was already hot ( 85 degrees) . We decided to go to the down town and check out the old Capital and nature history museum. Main attraction here was "air conditioning". But, i learned that Iowa became a state in 1846 and the Capital stayed in Iowa City for few years and then moved to De Moine. The building is part of Iowa state university and has interesting period furniture including "feather pens, kerosene light fixtures and wood heating stoves etc.
The area around the university is fun, full of student energy and many eating options. Outside the university area are great big malls, nice residential places and few huge California style monsters and nice hiking places.
Overall, fun filled day. Bob and Hyla more than made up for the 101 degree temperatures and i am happy to report that, my two cents say that Iowa City is good place to live, study, retire or do any anything else as long as you know about the 101 degrees and winters and floods...:) I am having a wonderful time...Good night
Amish Transportation
350 Million year old fossil shells at Dovinion Gorge
Fossil Hunting
A great future historic place: Birth place of Captain James T Kirk
Turkey Vultures ( hundreds of them) and the River
Bob is the baby brother of Leona and because of him and his wife Hyla, we were able to see the famous future all important birth place. They were nice enough to give us the guided tour of the Iowa city and surroundings. We saw working Amish colonies, schools, women at work and kids at play. Beautiful quilt shops in Kalona, Iowa. Did not know Kalona means Chedder Cheese ( now you do) and they make fresh cheese there.
We also toured the new medical facilities and the research places in Bio Medical field. Looks like Iowa city is the hub of Medical research and the hospitals for the mid west and may be one of the best in USA. After the tour and the yummy frozen yogurt, I am convinced that it is a great place to live only if the temperatures were little more cooperative.
In the morning Jagdish and I went to the Iowa River Gorge, which is 4 miles out of the city. The main attraction there ( besides the river, turkey vultures, hiking trails and the Dam) is Dovinion ( 350 to 450 million years ago) Fossils in the rocks. The mid west used to be a shallow sea millions of years ago and these fossils are the amazing proof of that. They are literally all over the place. I think, there are so many archaeological digs to be found and so many of us retirees need the entertainment and the activity, someone should put us all old folks to work for digging up fossils, In spite of the heat, it was fun. Amazing to think of the tropical forest and the ocean here but the proof is all here. ( i wonder how one fits in the story of creation 4000 years ago in all this...)
It was only 9 am in the morning and it was already hot ( 85 degrees) . We decided to go to the down town and check out the old Capital and nature history museum. Main attraction here was "air conditioning". But, i learned that Iowa became a state in 1846 and the Capital stayed in Iowa City for few years and then moved to De Moine. The building is part of Iowa state university and has interesting period furniture including "feather pens, kerosene light fixtures and wood heating stoves etc.
The area around the university is fun, full of student energy and many eating options. Outside the university area are great big malls, nice residential places and few huge California style monsters and nice hiking places.
Overall, fun filled day. Bob and Hyla more than made up for the 101 degree temperatures and i am happy to report that, my two cents say that Iowa City is good place to live, study, retire or do any anything else as long as you know about the 101 degrees and winters and floods...:) I am having a wonderful time...Good night
Amish school in the afternoon in 100 degree F heat
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