A portion of the I29 that we wanted to travel on was closed, so we had to take some detours to get to our destination. The 2012 hard copy road atlas came in handy because the car’s GPS was going a little crazy – it kept trying to get us back to the original route despite our kind words letting it know that this was impossible. Give it up, we said, it ain’t happening – but that little GPS kept right on telling us to make a legal U turn. Our alternate route took us along Route 2 in Iowa – a surprise to us – a home to an Amish community. Our first clue was the black horse and buggy on the road in front of us. Later we saw several buggies parked at a home, the Amish at work in the fields, and an entire group under some trees eating lunch. Apparently, this community was started in the 1970s, so it’s pretty recent, and it encompasses 8 churches. It brought back memories of Pennsylvania. Later, to pass the time, we played a variety of car games. We heard about the earthquake and more about the hurricane. Finally, after 13 hours, we arrived at the hotel
