Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Forest City, IA Day Three


It is our third day in Forest City and we hoped to have the coach completed today, so we stayed close. As we have for the last two mornings we dropped the coach off at the service center and went to Sally’s for breakfast. Sally’s is a typical small town family owned restaurant that does breakfast and lunch only. Nice little place, and the food is pretty good. One of the fun things about being on the road is finding places like this.

We returned to the Winnebago facility and found a quiet spot to try to plan out the next leg of our trip. The visitor center had a nice comfortable area, but the WiFi was spotty and made our research more difficult. We have a rough idea, though.

We returned to Sally’s to investigate the rumor that Sally has terrific pies. Turned out to be true, and afterward we visited an area called Heritage Park. This is an interesting attraction in that it is an assortment of museums of early farming and industrial machinery combined with a large collection of historic buildings that have been moved to this site from their original locations. It is not fully available for visitors everyday, but opened only for special events. It is, however, open to drive and walk  through. This would be a great area to return to on a future visit. The community should be proud of these attempts to save the past.



























































Three o’clock rolled around and it was time to pick up the coach. Turns out it is not quite complete. We are awaiting material to fix the sink in the bathroom. I rushed the coach back up to the parking area to watch the final America’s Cup race. The race had already started and New Zealand was out front. We have to watch it on the internet and the WiFi was acting up. Through the starts and stops of the service we saw Oracle pass the New Zealand boat and continue to gradually build their lead all the way to the finish line. What an exciting comeback from being eight down by wining nine straight. Unheard of.

Good news! Since they are not expecting the material we need first thing tomorrow we get to sleep in!

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