We flew out of Fresno on June 16th to Dallas/Fort Worth and then on to Des Moines. We were supposed to get into Des Moines at 9:30 but our flight was delayed until almost 10:45 so we were shot by the time we got into our hotel. The next day we drove over to the Amana Colonies where Barbara has ancestral families. We first stopped off at the courthouse in Maringo and spent a couple of hours going through the birth, marriage and death records for the county and found so tidbits of information for Barb. We then went on to Amana and went to a play - Neil Simon's Odd Couple with Barbara's cousins - Bill and Barb Schreiver and Flo Shoemaker. They are pictured with Barb below outside the restaurant we ate at that evening.
Pictured L to R - Bill S, Barb G, Flo, and Barb S.
This was the store across the parking lot from the restaurant. Maddy Ward, our granddaughter, should like this.
That evening we went with the Schreivers to Cedar Rapids. Bill took us on a tour of the flooded out parts of Cedar Rapids. It looked horrible - block after block of totally ruined homes. They live within site of the Rock River but are high up on a hill where they were safe. We spent the night sharing genealogy as Bill is a genealogy nut too.
Pictured L to R - Bill S, Barb G, Flo, and Barb S.
This was the store across the parking lot from the restaurant. Maddy Ward, our granddaughter, should like this.
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