The Mom Dance

ONE Week

Can you even believe that it's really true?
There is only one week until I see you.

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We'll drive 11 hours on the 9th of May
And arrive in the evening on Mother's Day!

Countdown

MOM!!

I ONLY HAVE

  4 

MORE DAYS LEFT OF WORK!!  

OMG!

Future: Grotto of the Redemption

A future trip to take that is going to probably be one of the most photogenic and seemingly out of place in the world:

Grotto of the Redemption in West Bend, Iowa

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Wowwwww.  How crazy is that?!  And it's only an hour away from Estherville.  It's right between Estherville and Fort Dodge.  We are SO going there.  It might be a far trip for you guys to come... but hey... as long as we're in the same state as you it's a good thing, right!

You can finally stop begging me to move to Iowa.  Guess what?  I AM MOVING TO IOWA.  Okay?!  Happy now?!  ;)  Yeah... I'm happy now, too.

Future: Fort Dodge, Iowa

If we meet halfway-ish, it looks like it would be Fort Dodge, Iowa.

Have you been there?

They have a "Frontier Days" event held every year in June and we should totally go to it.  They have a parade, live entertainment, and probably make you walk 3 miles through the woods with two buckets on a stick to fetch water from the nearest river.  Can't wait!!

We might see their music pavilion:

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We could try to climb on and ride their lovely abandoned ferris wheel:

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We can drive past the abandoned Rosedale Dairy building.  They used to make Eskimo Pies!

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We can even admire their modern advertisements!

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And, according to Wikipedia, Fort Dodge is the retail MECCA of the area!  To find out more about this, I found this expansive list of shopping opportunities in the town!

All jokes aside, it would be a two hour drive for both of us which is totally easy enough to do on a weekend and make an event out of it!  I love exploring small towns and I can't wait for this new adventure.  I'm going to continue this "Iowa" series and see what else we discover!