Ok, maybe I have a few more pictures

79 Degrees in Iowa in July, maybe it is Heaven.

Or just plenty of fans.

Doesn't matter how much rain on Monday or Friday, Wednesday the gravel dust will rise.

A church spire, blue sky, green trees and fluffy clouds. Can it get any more Iowan?

Even off the highway you can see the incongruity. Aging barns, heavy machinery, and green feilds.

I can't tell you why, but I adore buildings as they age.

Old but still useful.

SEE? It's not all corn and none of it's flat.

No, we didn't know either but a cloud dissipating among clouds just looked cool.

So did this shelf reflecting back the sun it won't let through.

I watched this for about five miles before I took a picture. You can't see it from here, but it was AWESOME.

Simply put, Iowa is a great state to drive through, no matter the season. But summer is about as showy as we get. I have taken road trips to the NE and NW. California via 80 and Route 66. I have driven to Florida via Atlanta (won't do that again.) I have seen the Rockies and the Sierras. I marveled at the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, and the great redwoods. They are ostentatious. We are more subtle but just as elegant.