Awake: 6:45am Temp 23 sleep 7+02 clear overnight @ Newton, Iowa
We have a small, quick breakfast & then drive our Suzuki about 4 miles to
the Maytag Dairy Farms. We find these good looking barns & buildings with
many cars parked outside; when we asked a worker if tours are available
she replies: “no tours this time of the year.” She suggests we visit the
wrapping & packing building just up the road.
The W & P building was amazingly spotless & well organized. The ladies
seen thru the window doing the wrapping by hand were neat, tidy,
methodical, wearing rubber gloves & looking very comfortable. The packers
in another room were equally as neat, methodical, etc. Everything is done
by hand in this packing phase as well. After our quick, walk by the window
tour, we watch a 10 min video on their cheese making & storage-ageing
process. Maytag Farms have been making cheese for over 60 yrs. Next comes
the tasting of samples; we like two of the four we tasted so its purchase
a pound of Havarti & a pound of blue cheese.
Next we drive around the town of Newton looking for the Maytag museum. We
had to ask 2 locals for directions, then found out the museum is closed.
Then we tried visiting the Maytag gift store; it is closed permanently.
Ok, that does it: I drop Kathy off @ Wal-Mart for grocery shopping while I
top off the Suzuki’s fuel tank.
Back to our bus; hitch up the tow car & leave the Rolling Acres RV Park @
1:15pm.
The roads are rough on I-35 until about 70 miles north of Kansas City,
Mo., then super smooth with recently paved highways to the city & beyond.
Our timing couldn’t have been better for going through K.C.; rush hr
traffic added about 30 more min to our trip time than planned. We arrive @
the Peculiar Park Place RV Park in the town of Peculiar, MO @ 6:03pm. The
campground host was just closing the door as we pulled in but she waited
for us…..we had called & told her it was going to be close to 6:00pm.
Today’s travel: 4+52 time 273 miles 36.8 gal used 7.45 mpg 56.7
avg speed.
8:10 dinner: Stuffed peppers with cauliflower & toast.
We take turns talking with Katrina in Denver. She is doing well.
Satellite movie: “Written on the Wind” with Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall,
Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, etc. Playboy-millionaire Stack, his
nymphomaniac sister Malone, & how they destroy themselves & others around
them. 1957. Kathy reports that this movie is OK & Rock Hudson sure was
cute in his younger days.
High travel temp=61 Elevation 941 ft Lights out: 12:43am
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