Today after breakfast we left Moville and drove east to Manchester, Iowa, where Duke grew up. We met up with two of Duke’s buddies that he went to high-school with. Their high-school reunion is tomorrow.
Moville, Iowa to Manchester, Iowa
Category: Road Trip 2025
August-September 2025 6500 mile road trip to HS reunion and wedding
Moville, Iowa day 2
We had a fascinating tour of some of the sites of Sioux City today. We started at the excellent city museum. They had a really interesting movie to start our tour.
Next we went to the Sioux CityArt Center.
Next we went down to the Missouri River to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center.
Then we went next door to the Sergeant Floyd River Museum. The museum is in a towboat built for the Army Corp. of Engineers in 1932. It is named for Sergeant Charles Floyd who was the only member of the Lewis And Clark Expedition to die during the journey. He died near the present site of Sioux City and is buried nearby.
We ended our tour at the Oscar’s Carl Vineyard. We shared a bottle of wine, had a picnic lunch and played some cards. The vineyard building is very cool because they allow you to bring in your own food and use the tables with no hassle.
Broken Bow, Nebraska to Moville, Iowa
Today we drove the rest of the way across Nebraska into Iowa.. we are staying with Duke’s sister, Jo Ann and her husband Brian. We have had a great time catching up and we’ve also managed to get in a few hands of cards.
Loveland, Colorado to Broken Bow, Nebraska
This morning we left Loveland and headed north into Wyoming. We stopped for a bit at Fort Laramie at the confluence of the North Platte and the Laramie River.
We are definitely on the plains now. We drove through Nebraskas Sand Hill country. It was beautiful and quite green. Tonight we are at the Arrow Hotel in Broken Bow, Nebraska.
We had a fantastic dinner at the Kinkaider Brewing Company just outside of town. We sat outside. The temperature was perfect and we had a nice view of the lush corn field and green hills in the distance.
Loveland, Colorado day 2
Today we had a wonderful time exploring Loveland and the surrounding area.
We went for a walk across Pinewood dam. You can see in this fascinating video the dam they are buiding nearby. It has an asphalt core.
We stopped to take a break and sit overlooking another beautiful reservoir.
We enjoyed talking and catching up.
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