Clear Lake, IA

It was much cooler when we awoke this morning in Amana. It turns out there was some damage in the park last night when that storm came through. All we suffered was a lens blown off of one of the rear marker lights. Duct tape to the rescue.

There is not much to report today. We drove up to Clear lake, IA and got settled in at the Oakwood RV Park in time to watch today’s America’s Cup races. 

The AC72 catamarans are something to watch. They are extremely fast when they are up on foils, but the first race of the day was in very light winds and they could not finish the race in the allotted forty minutes. A good thing for the US team who were 1200 meters behind when the race was called. One win by the Kiwis and they take the cup home to New Zealand. The second race of the day was more successful, not only because there was more wind, but because Oracle Team USA won.

Once the races were over we got the grill out and fixed smoked brats that we picked up in Amana yesterday. Ahh, life is certainly good.

Tomorrow we will explore Clear Lake. I think I earlier referred to the Crystal Ballroom as the place Buddy Holly played his last concert. But I had that wrong. It is called the Surf Ballroom. Pictures tomorrow.