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Hello Iowa!
Board: State: Iowa
Jun 16, 2014 4:13pm
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Saturday afternoon after grabbing a box in Indiana, my husband said to me, "How would you like to go to Iowa?" "Well, why not? We've never been there." So off we went, and after spending the night in Illinois, we crossed the bridge into Burlington, then drove up to Wapello. In the 1860s my grandmother's family settled there and my father and I used to dream about going there and seeing the area. Hubs and I found the country cemetery where my relatives are buried and we got to photograph my great-great-grandfather's stone and several others belonging to the family.

While heading back it occurred to me that on Father's Day, 20 years after we lost Dad, I finally got to realize his dream.

We then drove back to Burlington and scored our Iowa box at Grandpa's Homemade Ice Cream. We really enjoyed our very short visit to Iowa and look forward to returning.

Cheryl and Tom / Team Mad Dawg
Cincinnati, Ohio
Re: Hello Iowa!
Board: State: Iowa
Reply to: #853068 by Ravenontheroad
Jun 16, 2014 4:34pm
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Lovely! and now that you know the way …
Re: Hello Iowa!
Board: State: Iowa
Reply to: #853068 by Ravenontheroad
Jun 16, 2014 4:38pm
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That's super sweet! Happy to hear that you knew where to go to make such an amazing connection with your family.

Many happy returns!