Le Claire II

Le Claire is such a great little town. In my last visits we found a fair going on along the river side because that  weekend was going to be the Tug Fest. I love fairs, they are very interesting photo subjects, and even though it was being set up I could still shot a few frames. Of course we did some selfies too, but that day I forgot the selfie stick home so K’s arm had to do!

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I also visited  the Buffalo Bill Museum, very interesting place! it is filled with a lot of history and old objects, Santi is going to love it and i am sure my would have gone nuts there if he had the chance to see it. I loved the museum!

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I had the chance to go back at night,  I got to see the fireworks on the river form the car on our way there and then went to the fair,  we listened to the Brat Pack group and even danced a bit to some oldies.

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This was my last night in Iowa before I head back home.  I loved Le Claire and I hope to be back soon.

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Le Claire I

Le Claire was one of my favorite places too, it is a super charming small town full of life.  We went there a few times and I got to see a lot of it.  On our way there the interesting sights started and of course we had to have a few selfies of the group

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It has a lot of interesting stores full of whatever thing you can imagine.  For starters we went to see the American Pickers store, I had no idea of this show but I loved the store anyways!

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The town is very nice with great nice and charming constructions

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There is a super nice Popcorn Store with the best popcorn I’ve ever tried in my life  and of course the other Wide River Winery!

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The “Grasshoppers” is a house that has all it’s rooms filled with any thing you might imagine you want to buy, both old and new, there are some stairs that take you to the winery and they sell everything wine related, even the barn is full of old stuff for sale. Very nice place, I could spend a whole day in there!

 

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We also got the chance to make a tour in the Mississippi River Distilling Company where we learned everything about how the do whiskey and some other liquors.

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Richie was left out of the selfie because he was not behaving,so the boss left him out…

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But then she made up her mind and shot another one with him in it 😀

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We had a great day in Le Claire, we went to have dinner to Davenport and on our way back home we saw some deer on the side of the road!!  I couldn’t belive it, they were there by our side and stood there for 15 minutes without moving at all, seemed like they were posing for my lens!  I was explained by the expert that they thought I couldn’t see them and that was why they stood so still. Mom was behind watching as I took a lof of pictures of this little ones.  I was so excited! like really really excited! The perfect end for another great day in Iowa!

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Iowa Wineries

One of my favorite things of Iowa was the wine.  I’ve always been a wine lover and a wine drinker and while my trip to Iowa I had the chance to visit different wineries and  taste very good wine.

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My favorite one? Wide River Winery! both the Le Claire one and the Clinton one, not only the places are beautiful but the wines are great and the right company made my visits memorable.

That combo of wine with dark chocolate is my new fave “guilty pleasure”!

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Falling

I think this quote sums it all up.

“The most fulfilling adventures happen when you start your journey without knowing where you’re going, bacuse only then are you free to experience the unexpected detours you’re meant to take” A.J. Darkholme, Rise of the Morningstar

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Sabula

This charming island town deserves a post on its own! It is full of personality and I just loved it. I had the chance to go several times during different times of the day and every time I liked it more. I could easily live there, people are so relaxed, with no hurry and it’s by the river.

One of my favorite places for sure!

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I think I am a hippie @ heart, I better use the back door!  😀

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The interesting sights start right on the way to get there, I saw a lot of barns and stuff that caught my eye, the town itself is wonderful, with many interesting photo subjects.

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One night we went to Home Port that is an awesome bar, yep like those in the movies, I spent a great evening with Mr. Harry and Eric, we were inside for awhile and then went to the deck that is right by the river, and we shot this cool selfie.

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Def. Sabula is my kind of place!