I wake at 5:30 am.,, shower and load up. Today we are headed to the National Motorcycle Museum, in Anamosa Iowa. A quick stop at a park on the Mississippi river, near the stadium of The Clinton Lumber Kings, a single A ball team.
We head out of town on route 136, once out of town this winding two lane road provides a beautiful scene, rolling hills and a few nice curves through the countryside. I can't help but think,,this is why I do this. This makes up for the four lane ride yesterday. I stop along route 136 for a quick picture.
On the way we roll into the town of Wyoming Iowa, a small town. Population,,613. There we stop for a picture in front of the town library. The town looks as though it has not changed since the 50s. The first thing we notice in Wyoming IA. are the gnats,,,the minute you stop they swarm you.
From Wyoming we continue on 136 to route 64, then into Anamosa. The National Motorcycle Museum is a must stop for any motorcyclist traveling through Iowa. When we leave the museum we decide to have a quick lunch before moving on, we dig into our supplies and make some sandwiches.
Back on the road we head northwest to avoid some bad weather that is moving into the middle of the state.As we cross Iowa we see a wind farm, I was amazed at the size of the windmills. At 6pm we make it to Algona IA.,,we fought a nasty cross wind all afternoon and we are tired. We have dinner at The Chrome shop restaurant,,a bad decision,,bad food poor service. What happened to the days when truck stops had good food??? After dinner we head to the local hotel where we stop for the night.
