Our Someday is Today: Ashlea joins us

Ashlea, our youngest daughter, was able to join us for our last full week of our journey across the US. What a treat for us. We picked her up from Eppley Field in Omaha, Nebraska on Sunday morning and went to Omaha to explore. Omaha is a beautiful little city! Our first discovery was the fantastic sculptures depicting the pioneers traveling in covered wagons. The details were truly amazing. After oohing and ahhing over these, we discovered that by "following the bison" we would see more beautiful sculptures in about a four block area.

The Lewis and Clark Landing (managed by the National Park Service) is on the Missouri River in the middle of downtown Omaha and at the foot of the pedestrian bridge that crosses over to Iowa. We enjoyed our very windy walk and because the state line between Nebraska and Iowa is in the middle of the river, we could actually stand in both states at once. Very fun!

The Old Market in Omaha covers a large section of downtown and has dozens of restaurants, bars, gift shops, bakeries, and so much more. We had an excellent lunch at The Collins and had some interesting conversations with some locals. It was a delightful day!

After returning to Blair and our Boondocker's Welcome site, we enjoyed visiting with our hosts, Steve and Donna on their lovely deck.

Winterset is a pretty little town in Madison County, Iowa, home of six covered bridges constructed in the late 1800s. We visited two of the bridges. The Roseman Bridge stands over the Middle River and is very picturesque. This bridge is featured in the book and movie, "Bridges of Madison County".

Our host for tonight is a Harvest Host Winery, Nearwood Winery and Vineyards in Knoxville, Iowa. Our host Joanne is very kind. This is a beautiful site with power and a raised deck plus they have a full bath just for Harvest Host guests. This is a first for us! We enjoyed a delicious dinner of tuna steaks and asparagus along with a bottle of very good wine from Nearwood.