| Americans like things to
be orderly. Roads go north-south and avenues go east-west (or is it the
other way round?) And they are all numbered outward from the centre of town,
often for some way. So when somebody adds a road it can cause a problem,
ingeniously resolved here. |  |
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As we head on down US 35 into Iowa and towards Des Moines, the leaves
are finally appearing on the trees. They had been conspicuously absent in
most of Minnesota. |
| This is farming country,
so whatever you want to build, it's going to end up looking like a barn,
especially if it is the visitor centre for the area! |  |
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This is Iowa farmland: fields as far as the eye can see, flat but full
of rich looking soil. The tractors they use are enormous but one can
understand why. Not visible in this photo, we did see lots of wind turbines,
and most were working. |
| The interstates are the
home of the trucker. This is a standard sized truck with a Peterbilt tractor
on the front. |  |
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I'm not sure what this one was. There are only half a dozen manufacturers,
Kenworth, Ford, Volvo and Mack tend to dominate the market. |
| And everywhere you find
the railway, a siding and a collection of grain wagons. This is cereal
country. |  |
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