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Grand Canyon 7 ways to make your South Rim visit more fun CHRISTOPER REYNOLDS Los Angeles Times‌

GRAND CANYON — Because it’s 25 miles east of Grand Canyon Village, Desert View isn’t on the park’s shuttle bus routes, and many travelers don’t get there.

But it’s a great stop for at least two reasons.

One is the panorama from Desert View Point. As its name suggests, the cross-canyon view from here includes not only dramatic canyon walls but also a flat expanse of desert to the east and, to the north, a stretch of the Colorado River as it trickles and roars between the canyon walls. Bring a picnic lunch — or better yet, a picnic dinner (and a warm coat) and linger while sunset colors wash over the scene. On a clear day, the park service says, you can see 100 miles.

The site’s other principal asset is the tower, which, on first glance, you might mistake for an 800-year-old ruin.

In fact, architect Mary Colter designed it in 1932 as a homage to the ancestral Puebloan people. On the top floor, you’re 7,522 feet above the sea level _ the highest point on the South Rim. The Desert View complex also includes a visitor center and a seasonal campground.

Make your South Rim visit more enjoyable: 1. Don’t go anywhere without water.

2.Don’t even think about hiking to the bottom and back in the same day. And don’t count on paying $25 per car to get into the park. Rangers say the entrance fee may climb to $30 in coming months.

3. Do cover at least a little ground on the Bright Angel Trail. Once a Native American path, then a toll road (for mules and hikers), this is now the park’s premier hiking trail.

It’s a 7.8-mile journey down to the Colorado River at the canyon bottom, and 9.9 miles to Phantom Ranch, where mule riders typically spend the night.

The easy option: At sunrise, hike down half a mile (just far enough to reach the trail’s second tunnel), then come back up for a big breakfast. More info at www.lat.ms/1ae1LCX 4. Do browse in the Kolb studio (Grand Canyon Village; (928) 638-2481, www.grandcanyon.org). This studio, built in 1904 on stilts over the canyon, was also a home and in 22 years grew to five levels and 23 rooms. The Grand Canyon Association runs a gallery and gift shop here now.

5. Do book well ahead if you want a spot at the Bright Angel Lodge (9 N. Village Loop Drive, Grand Canyon Village; (928) 638-2631, www.grandcanyonlodges.com). This landmark, built in 1935, includes 90 units, mostly lodge rooms (some share baths) and rustic cabins.

6. Don’t dawdle on the way to Mather Point. It’s a gorgeous spot to catch a sunrise. Also, once the sun is up, the parking lot fills fast. Just about every canyon visitor comes here at some point — the main Visitor

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Visitors to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon take a break from hiking trails to explore the Desert View Watchtower.

AT LEFT: The colors of sunset magnify the beauty of an already perfect vista along the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.

BELOW: A close-up look at the Desert View Watchtower.

Center, the biggest bookstore and the bike rental operation are clustered here a short walk from the rim. It’s no fun prowling the aisles at midday searching for a parking spot.

7. Don’t think you can drive to Mohave Point. This is one of several South Rim viewpoints closed to private cars. To get here, take one of the park’s free shuttle buses and enjoy the view of the river to the northwest.

For info on the shuttle system, go to www.lat.ms/1aEiG2l.

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Hallowed ground Civil War battle field Antietam now tranquil spot for serene escape CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press‌

Editor’s note: Approximately 150 years ago this year, the American Civil War ended.

The sesquicentennial offers the opportunity to explore its history and continuing relevance.

SHARPSBURG, Md. — Unimaginable violence once raged across the landscape of Antietam. Now, the sweeping hills and meadows whisper peace.

So consuming is the serenity

at Antietam National Battlefield that it can seduce you into ignoring the story of the mayhem that unfolded here over 12 hours during the Civil War. Yet even incurious visitors will feel that history in their bones.

I’ve cycled the park’s roads, walked its trails and sat in its quiet spaces more times than I can count and still don’t know which regiments performed what flanking movements.

Markers describing everything are lost on me. I’ve watched the documentary at the visitor center and barely remember it.

But I can see those soldiers lining a far ridge — tens of thousands of them — as if they were still there and about to descend into the ghastly killing fields where corn now grows and waves of grain shudder in the breeze.

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The placid meadows and hills of Antietam National Battlefield in Sharpburg, Md., are a contrast with the Civil War violence that once raged across this land.

Antietam’s spirits seem as real as the clouds, which you can’t put your hands on, either.

More than 23,000 were left dead, wounded or missing in the bloodiest one-day battle on U.S.

soil, Sept. 17, 1862, turning back the Confederacy’s first invasion of the North at a staggering cost to both sides.

Antietam is no less hallowed but certainly less known than

Iowa played active role in Underground Railroad Approximately 76,242 Iowa men fought in the American Civil War, more than 13,000 Iowans died in battle or from disease and 8,500 were wounded, according to historians.

The state also played an active role in the Underground Railroad.

Abolitionists created a network of secret hiding places that sheltered runaway slaves. The route ran from Kansas to the Mississippi River, Chicago and eventually Canada.

The Henderson Lewelling House in Salem, the first Quaker community in Iowa, was an important stop. Visitors follow the stone steps leading underground from the Civil War-era kitchen to the hiding place in the

cellar.

Keosauqua’s Pearson House, an 1840s brick and stone home, had a secret hideaway through a trap door for harboring slaves.

Damaged by a tornado in the late 1960s, it was repaired with bricks from the historic Negro Methodist Church.

In western Iowa, slaves could find safe haven at the Todd House in Tabor, built in 1853 by the Rev. John Todd. It was headquarters for the famous John Brown and the Free Kansas Fighters. Visitors can see 19th-century furnishings, original flooring and woodwork and historical documents from the Civil War period. The

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the fields of Gettysburg 50 miles away. The two places are much different despite their bond in bloodshed.

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Lincoln assassination sesquicentennial

say the chair and car are among the most visited artifacts in the museum, along with the bus Rosa Parks rode in when she refused to give up her seat to a white rider and helped spark the civil rights movement.

Lincoln’s chair has been part of the museum started by pioneering automaker Henry Ford — no relation to the theater-owning Ford family — since its founding

85 years ago. The government removed it from the theater and held it as evidence, and it ended up at the Smithsonian Institution.

The wife of a theater co-owner petitioned to reclaim it, then sold it at auction to an agent working for Henry Ford.

Ford also bought the Logan County Courthouse where Lincoln practiced law in Illinois in the 1840s and moved it to the outdoor area next to his museum known as Greenfield Village. For decades, the theater chair was housed in that courthouse.

Around 1980, the chair was placed inside the museum, where it’s now part of the “With Liberty and Justice for All” exhibit.

Many visitors wonder whether dark spots on the back of the chair are Lincoln’s blood. Not so, say museum workers: The stains are oil from other people’s heads who sat in the chair before that fateful night when Lincoln was shot by a pro-Confederacy actor, John Wilkes Booth.

Steve Harris, a historic presenter at the museum, tells passers-by that Lincoln’s head would AP PHOTOS have been positioned much higher The chair in which President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated than the stain because he was 6 on April 14, 1865 is shown on display at the Henry Ford Museum in feet 4 inches tall (1.93 meters).

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though, he had nothing like the Gettysburg Address — instead, just crisp, chilling marching orders: “Destroy the rebel army if possible.”

Markers and monuments at Antietam are scattered, modest and not the point of visiting. The power here is from breathtaking vistas along 9 miles (14.5 kilometers) of up and down roads, and

from hiking trails across the fields.

And unlike in the town of Gettysburg, which is loaded with touristy spots like General Pickett’s Buffets, the town of Sharpsburg near Antietam has little more than an amazing ice cream shop, Nutter’s, where two baseball-sized scoops go for $2.

A bucolic escape in all seasons, a little more than an hour from

Chair in which Lincoln was shot at center stage Michigan museum DEARBORN, MICH. (AP) — Jeff Buczkiewicz stood before the chair Abraham Lincoln was sitting in when he was assassinated 150 years ago. He peered silently into the glass-enclosed case at the rocking chair, then snapped pictures for posterity.

“You just get drawn into these things,” said Buczkiewicz, 47, who came from suburban Chicago with his family to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.

“It is a tragic part of our history and our country. I think it’s important to take it all in.”

Taking in objects from the final hours of two important American lives is a major draw to the museum. In addition to the worn, red chair Lincoln was sitting in when he was shot in Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., in 1865, the Henry Ford also owns the limousine President John F. Kennedy was riding in when he was fatally shot in Dallas nearly a century later. Museum officials

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A few months after the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg that inflicted more than 50,000 casualties, Abraham Lincoln delivered a speech at the site counted among the greatest in history. For his troops at Antietam a year earlier,

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basement was used to store arms later used in Brown’s raid at Harper’s Ferry, Va. The Rev. George B. Hitchcock built the Hitchcock House in Lewis. Tours include rooms on both floors, plus the full base-

A playbill from “Our American Cousin” from the night President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated is shown on display at the Henry Ford Museum.

ment with its secret room and massive fireplace.

A stately mansion in Valley Junction (later renamed West Des Moines) was built by the city’s first white settler, James C. Jordan, in the 1850’s. He was regarded as Polk County’s “chief conductor” on the Underground Railroad network. Visitors can see the basement where slaves

were hidden while learning more about the antislavery movement at the Jordan House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Jordan aided John Brown on his last trip from Kansas before the Harper’s Ferry raid by letting Brown and his party of escaping slaves camp on his farm in 1858.

Washington, Antietam does not feel crowded even when the visitor center parking lot is full.

Cycling here is a joy, with scant traffic, buttery pavement and swooping hills and hollows that seem calculated to get you going down so fast that you are halfway up the next climb before

you have to pedal.

The grace of this land comes into special focus several times a year at events such as the openair Independence Day concert by the Maryland Symphony Orchestra and a candlelit display each December.

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Mother Road

 You can still get some kicks on Route 66

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Route 66 events  Mustang Mother Road Rally, Joplin, Mo., June 5-7.  Blue Carpet Corridor Festival, Chatham to Collinsville, Ill., June 13-14.  Birthplace of Route 66 Festival , Springfield, Mo., Aug. 14-16.  14th annual International Mother Road Festival, downtown Springfield, Ill.,Sept. 25-27.  For a complete listing, visit www.route66news.com

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“Get your kicks on Route 66.”

Growing up in the Texas Panhandle and later living in Amarillo, I’ve been steeped in the mystique of the Mother Road.

I drove Route 66 – we called it Amarillo Boulevard – on occasion, and that song would pop into my head. Sometimes I’d imagine myself sticking to 66 and making “Tucumcari Tonight” with its 2,000 motel rooms, but invariably, my car turned off onto the access road and toward work.

The fabled Big Texan Steak Ranch is on Route 66, and remains a favorite with tourists.

The Cadillac Ranch – Caddies buried nose-first in the ground with their tail fins pointed skyward – has fallen into disrepair, but it’s nearly sacrilegious to pass by without pulling over to snap a photo.

I had earlier connections to Route 66, too. Shamrock, a town 16 miles from where I grew up in Wheeler County, has the U-Drop Inn Café and Tower Station. I didn’t pay it much attention to it as a kid except to recognize it as a pretty cool-looking old building. Built in 1936, it’s now on the National Register of Historic Places.

We lived for a time in McLean – “the uplift town” because of the bra factory – and home to the state’s first Phillips 66 station (1929) on Route 66. By that time, Interstate 40 passed through McLean and bypassed other towns that were once stops on the highway.

Such is the story of Route 66.

Towns and portions of cities from Chicago to Santa Monica

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Chain of Rocks Bridge in Granite City, Ill.

Don’t forget your photo op with Jake and Elwood Blues.

Down the road in Wilmington, snap a selfie with a 27-foot-tall space man at the old Launching Pad Drive-in. Odell features a 1932 restored Standard Oil Station, and in Pontiac, you’ll find the Route 66 Hall of Fame and Museum with its road relics housed in an old firehouse.

SHUTTERSTOCK PHOTOS Pedestrians, not cars, traverse the closed portion of Route 66 at the Joliet Area Historical called Memory Lane in LexingMuseum and Route 66 Wel- ton. You’ll see retro billboards come Center. Current exhibits including a restored neon include “Road on the Ceiling,” that features vintage signs, a real See ROUTE 66, page 6 57 Chevy and other memorabilia.

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Bus Tours

Blue Whale of Catoosa, Okla. were bypassed by the interstate system, but purists can still find their way across country — with a sense of adventure and a good map. That GPS sounds like such a killjoy, doesn’t it, on this sentimental journey? Is it too much to ask to park the SUV and rent a classic station wagon to make the ride? Probably.

Air Charters

The 2,448-mile road begins in Chicago at the corner of Jackson and Michigan in Grant Park.

Start with the “best breakfast on the planet” at Lou Mitchell’s on Jackson and Jefferson, in business since 1923. You can hit the road with a box of donut holes and Milk Duds that are given out.

On route to Joliet, Ill., stop

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Iowa’s summer music festivals Tree Town Music Festival, May 21-24, Forest City. Blake Shelton, Dierks Bentley, Rascall Flatts, Eli Young Band, Thomas Rhett, Chase Rice, Lee Brice.

80/35, Des Moines, July 10-11. Weezer, Wilco, Jenny Lewis, Run the Jewels, St. Lucia, Lettuce and more.

Glenn Miller Festival, June 11-14, Clarinda. The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra, Toronto All-Star Big Band.

Guthrie’s River Ruckus, July 23-25, Guthrie Center.

Chris Cagle, Lee Brice, Josh Thompson, Granger Smith and Zach Stone.

Camp Euforia, July 16-18, LoessFest, May 23, Coun- Lone Tree. More than 20 folk, cil Bluffs. Chicago, Disney per- reggae, funk, bluegrass and formances and fireworks. other artists.

America’s River Festival, June 12-13, Dubuque. Tommy James & the Shondells, America, Dan + Shay, Sam Hunt. In the afternoon on June 12, grounds will transform into Brewfest.

Steamboat Days, June 16-21, Burlington. .38 Special, Dustin Lynch, Martina McBride, Sammy Hagar, Three Days Grace, the Band Perry.

Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, July 30-Aug. 2, Davenport. Nearly 20 jazz bands.

Hinterland Music Festival, July 31-Aug. 1, Des Moines.

Old Crow Medicine Show, Brandi Carlile, TV on the Radio, Yonder Mountain String Band.

515 Alive, Aug. 7-8, Des Gentlemen of the Road, Moines. More than 70 local, June 19-20, Waverly. Mum- regional and national performford & Sons, My Morning Jacket, ers.

The Flaming Lips.

CreekFest, Aug. 7-8, Country on the River, June Cherokee. The Band Perry, Big 25-27, Council Bluffs. Craig & Rich and seven other artists.

Morgan, Eli Young Band, the Iowa State Fair, Aug. Band Perry.

13-24, Des Moines. Meghan River Bank Bash, June 27, Trainor, Carrie Underwood, Def Des Moines. Eric Church, Tra- Leppard, Reba. vis Tritt, Frankie Ballard.

River Roots Live, Aug. Iowa City Jazz Festilval, 28-29, Davenport. Multiple July 2-4. Multiple artists. artists.

Saturday in the Park, July Mississippi Valley Blues 4, Sioux City. Aretha Franklin, Fest, Sept. 5-7, Quad Cities.

Foster the People.

Multiple artists.

Give your summer a soundtrack – grab some tickets and some friends and head to one of the state’s music festivals.

Odell, Ill., boasts a restored 1932 Standard Oil Station.

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From page 5 “Lexington” sign. Towanda’s stretch is closed, too, but it’s on the map with its collection of Burma-Shave rhyming road signs.

Springfield’s Cozy Dog DriveIn is the place for corn dogs and Route 66 history, while the 1935 Ariston Café in Litchfield opened on the road in 1935. A giant rabbit at Henry’s Rabbit Ranch in Staunton is another photo op on your way to the Chain of Rocks Bridge in Granite City. Route 66 once traversed this old bridge across the Mississippi River between Illinois and Missouri.

Now it’s for pedestrians and bikers.

Into Missouri, stop for a Ted Drewes Frozen Custard in St. Louis. It’s about as thick as a brick and can cause a serious case of brain freeze. St. Louis was the largest city on Route 66 between Chicago and Los Angeles.

The state has plenty to see and do. Stretch your legs in the Route 66 State Park in Eureka, and find the wonder of your inner vacation child at Meramec Caverns in Stanton. The caverns opened

in 1933, a seven-level natural wonder where Jesse James and his gang reputedly had a hideout.

Don’t leave without a bumper sticker!

Kansas is the shortest stretch on Route 66 between Joplin, Mo., and Miami, Okla. Buildings in Galena, Kansas, inspired the fictional community in “Cars.”

Some buildings have been restored in the town.

Oklahoma is the longest stretch of 66, including Oklahoma City, where you can see the giant milk bottle landmark, and Tulsa, home of the giant Golden Driller. State-of-the-art museums celebrate America’s Main Street, including the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum in Clinton, the National Transportation and

Route 66 Museum in Elk City and the Route 66 Interpretive Center in Chandler. The Vintage Iron Rt. 66 Museum celebrates the motorcycle.

Don’t miss a stop at Nutopia in Hydro, a 60-plus year-old business selling peanuts – shelled, in-shell, raw, unsalted, salted, Spanish, spicy, peanut brittle, peanut oil, peanut candies, peanut oil and more – and the historic Lucille’s Service Station.

From there, you’ll hit Texas, New Mexico and Arizona on your way to California. Route 66 was officially removed from the U.S. Highway System in 1985, replaced by interstates.

You’ll find plenty of information at www.historic66.com and individual state tourism websites.

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House on the Rock a vast expanse of weird, wonderful META HEMENWAY-FORBES meta.hemenway-forbes@wcfcourier.com

DODGEVILLE, WIS. — As a young adult, Alex Jordan’s parents were concerned about his lack of direction. A college dropout, Jordan floated from job to job. He worked as a taxi driver, dabbled in apartment building maintenance and even made ammunition at Badger Ordinance Company during World War II. But a stint at his father’s construction company became the inspiration for what would become Jordan’s life’s work.

In 1945, Jordan began construction on what today is known as House on the Rock, one of Wisconsin’s top tourist attractions.

Perched atop a 75-foot- high rock in the rolling landscape of Dodgeville, Wis., House on the Rock is a marvel. Jordan built the structure by hand with an TravelWisconsin.com Photo intent to live there. Hoping to deter curious visitors, he An interior view of the Inifinity Room. There’s a glass floor window near the tip of the room where visitors began 50 cents a head to see the can see the valley 156 feet below. home. The torrent of onlookers Jordan never did live there. to its offbeat collections until three-four hours to tour in its continued, and the House on But it didn’t stop him from his death in 1989. entirety, depending on how the Rock opened to the public building. He continued buildIt’s divided into three sec- long you stop to marvel. Wear in 1960. ing on the structure and adding tions and takes approximately comfortable shoes, as the tour

through all three sections is about 2.5 miles total.

Housed among the weird, wonderful and sometimes c re e py co l l e c t i o n s i s t h e world’s largest carousel, a Streets of Yesterday exhibit and an eclectic mix of automated orchestras. With sights, collections and exhibits too numerous to mention, House on the Rock is the ultimate what-in-the-world experience.

No visit to the attraction is complete without taking a stroll through the Infinity Room. An engineering feat, the unsupported room spans 218 feet in length and soars 156 feet above the valley floor. There’s a glass window in the floor about halfway across that allows the bravest of visitors to see the treetops and ground below.

The attraction is open yearround and sees more than a million visitors a year. The nearby House on the Rock Resort and House on the Rock Inn offer multiple tour and stay packages. Both offer family-friendly amenities.

For more information, visit www.houseontherock.com.

Visit one of 3 family-friendly fishing holes 1. Copper Creek Lake, central Iowa

On the northeast side of the Des Moines metro area, Copper Creek Lake in Pleasant Hill is entirely accessible from shore. Bluegills are abundant in this 40-acre lake.

Carry-in canoes and kayaks are welcome.

Amenities include a playground, shelter, woodland nature

trail and open green space for an electric motor. For more inforplaying. To learn more about mation, visit the Iowa County Copper Creek Lake, visit the City Conservation Board website. of Pleasant Hill website.

3. Volga River, northeast 2. Marr Park, southeast Iowa Iowa

Marr Park near Ainsworth is Washington County’s premier recreation area with a 6-acre lake and a 1-acre pond, paved lake access trail, nature center, campground, volleyball, softball, playgrounds and shelters. The lake has a large population of 12- to 15-inch largemouth bass, bluegills up to eight inches and good numbers of 14- to 18-inch channel catfish frequently caught near the dam.

Boats can be used but must have

For a destination perfect for older children, visit Volga River State Recreation Area south of West Union. The recreation area is home to a 135-acre lake stocked with 9-inch channel catfish.

Crappie up to 9 inches and bluegill up to 7 inches provide action any time of day.

Volga Lake sports a boat ramp and new parking lot, giving easy access for watercraft of all sizes; boats must operate at no-wake

speeds. A universally accessible walkway from the boat ramp links to a fishing jetty, where lake structures attracting fish have been placed within casting distance.

Volga River offers dozens of miles of trails through woodlands.

Additionally, the park is a popular destination for paddlers and equestrian riders.

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James & Meryl Hearst Center for the Arts

Affordable, outdoor fun for your entire family is just a short drive — and a fishing pole — away.

With convenient shore access and lots of recreational amenities, here are three family-friendly fishing lakes.

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1. Aerial Adventure Park Keystone, S.D. Daring adventurers can get a bird’s eye view of the Black Hills at Aerial Adventure Park. Located just 2 miles from Mount Rushmore National Memorial, the park lets visitors traverse the treetops on ropes, ladders, suspended bridges, ziplines and more. www.rushmoretramwayadventures.com 2. Mount Rushmore Keystone, S.D. Nearly 3 million people visit Mount Rushmore National Memorial each year. It features the 60-foot faces of four great American presidents who represent the birth, growth, development and preservation of this country. Open year-round, the park includes a half-mile walking trail, museum, gift shop and dining room.

3. Pan for gold There’s gold in them thar hills!

Tour some of the underground gold mines and experience the gold boom days of the Black Hills. Don’t COURTESY PHOTO forget to pan for some gold of your best-selling travel book “1,000 own.

Places to See Before You Die” and www.blackhillsbadlands.com is consistently named among the DES MOINES top choices for summer fun in the 1. Zombie Burger + Drink Lab U.S. This year’s fair takes place The Undead Elvis. They’re Aug. 13-23.

Coming to Get You Barbara. 28 www.iowastatefair.org Days Later. Dead Moines. A place 3. Blank Park Zoo that serves up burgers with names Did you know lions have a 110like these is bound to be a party day gestation period, with an averloud enough to wake the dead. age litter size of two to four cubs?

Unconventional burger iterations You’ll learn all about lions and are Zombie Burger’s specialty. Peaother exotic animals at the Blank nut butter? Check. Buns made of Park Zoo. The zoo features 22 acres deep-fried macaroni and cheese?

Check. Adventurous palates can’t of animal exhibits that house more than 1,400 animals in 104 species. go wrong here. www.blankparkzoo.com www.zombieburgerdm.com 2. Iowa State Fair The internationally acclaimed Iowa State Fair is the single largest event in the state of Iowa and attracts more than a million people from all over the world every year.

It’s listed in the New York Times

der of matchless beauty.

In 1932, the late Bernard Markus, one of the original lead miners, opened the cave to the public, naming it Crystal Lake Cave.

Today, Crystal Lake Cave is the longest “living” show cavern in the state of Iowa. www.crystallakecave.com 2. Spirit of Dubuque Climb aboard The Spirit, a replica of a century-old Mississippi River steamboat with decorative smokestacks, a scalloped canopy over an open-air deck and Victorian decor in the enclosed dining salon, where meals are served. www.dubuqueriverrides.com 3. National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium The museum offers exhibits celebrating the past, present and future of America’s waterways.

From May 23 to Sept. 7, visitors may explore the “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition.” This exhibit features real artifacts from the DUBUQUE Titanic recovered from the ocean 1. Crystal Lake Cave In 1868 lead miners drilled 40 floor, as well as room re-creations feet into the ground to find traces and personal stories. www.rivermuseum.com of a rich lead vein. In this process they found very little lead, but dis- CEDAR VALLEY covered a natural geological won1. Lost Island Waterpark

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Waterloo Recognized by the World Waterpark Association, Lost Island Waterpark is the largest water park in Iowa. The tropical-themed park features 11 major water slides, including Lost Soul Falls, a towering slide that plummets riders in a 28-feet-per-second free fall. Little ones and the less adventurous can stay cool in the wave pool, lazy river and other park attractions. www.thelostisland.com

2. Sturgis Falls Celebration June 25-28, Cedar Falls The sound of over 20 bands playing jazz, country, rock-n-roll and blues music fills the air in three city parks. Other features include a parade, street fair, carnival, talent contest, and continuous entertainment. www.sturgisfalls.org 3. John Deere Tractor & Engine Museum Waterloo Trace the evolution of work from people power to the early days of tractors and engines, discover the story behind John Deere’s arrival and growth in Waterloo, follow the production of a historic John Deere tractor from design to assembly and experience how John Deere tractors and engines help people do their work today. www.deere.com

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Make the loop around rugged, scenic Lake Superior MELODY PARKER

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There are plenty of epic drives in the U.S., but one of the most stunning is the 1,200-mile drive around Lake Superior, often called the Circle Tour.

This road trip offers everything you can imagine — breathtaking views, history, places to see, things to do and plenty of activities, such as boating, exploring beaches and shorelines, outdoor attractions, arts and crafts and festivals.

For the hardcore, plan at least a week minimum to log the miles.

Or plan your trips periodically over the years and make the most of each visit. Whichever way you chose, you’ll make a loop through three Midwestern states – Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin – and the Canadian province of Ontario.

Lake Superior is the greatest of the Great Lakes, both in size and volume, and it is the world’s largest freshwater. Scary deep and cold, the lake is 1,332 feet deep and spans nearly 32,000 square miles. The Chippewa Indians called it Kitchi-gummi – great water. Gordon Lightfoot turned its history of shipwrecks into a record with “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.”

Here are a few of the highlights you’ll find on the route.

Minnesota

Gooseberry Falls is noted for its waterfalls, river gorge and Lake Superior shoreline, and is the gateway to the North Shore.

Silver Cliff is the highest bluff rising directly out of Lake Superior.

Split Rock Lighthouse, 46 miles northwest of Duluth,

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Aerial of Split Rock Lighthouse has been restored and is one of Minnesota’s most famous and remote landmarks.

Polish your rock climbing skills at Palisade Head, a large rock formation on Lake Superior’s North Shore.

Duluth offers lodging, shopping, restaurants and views of the lake with its ocean-going ships and pleasure cruisers.

North Shore Expeditions on the Grand Marais harbor offers Lake Superior kayak trips and Grand Marais tours and lessons.

Have some fun at Grand Portage Lodge and Casino.

Catch your breath on the

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platform at Grand Portage State Park overlooking the 100-foot cataract, Visit Grand Portage National Monument, a living history center featuring history of the Ojibwe Indians and the North American Fur Trade.

Rendezvous Days and Powwow takes place Aug. 7-9.

Michigan

Isle Royale National Park, an archipelago of more than 200 islands, is the most remote part of Michigan, accessible only by boat or seaplane from Grand Portage, Minn.

Whitefish Point is home to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. The Lightkeeper’s Quarters can accommodate overnight guests.

Ahmeek is home to the Sand Hills Lighthouse Inn, the Great Lakes’ largest lighthouse built in 1917. Climb the tower for a view of the lake, and sleep in a well-appointed Victorianthemed room.

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore near Munising lures hikers, kayakers and campers to scenic waterfalls, beaches, woods and dunes.

Viewing platforms overlook the Soo locks at Sault St. Marie where people can watch ships carried over the 21-foot-drop between Superior and Lake Huron. Sightseeing cruises are available.

Grand Portage view Take a cruise: Superior Odyssey’s historic schooner Coaster II offers a two-hour to overnight trips from Marquette; Marquette Harbor Cruise’s Isle Royale Queen III offers views of Blackrocks rock formation; and the Pictured Rocks cruise.

Marquette is home to the Lake Superior Theatre in a converted boathouse where historical summer musicals are performed from July through August.

Wisconsin’s H ighway 13 runs from Ashland to Superior along Lake Superior, offering stunning views of the lake, the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore with its sea caves, historic lighthouses and more.

The wild Brule River and Red Cliff Indian Reservation, home of the Red Cliff Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa, are highlights on this road trip.

Take a detour to Amnicon Falls State Park and Pattison State Park, which includes the 165Wisconsin Lake Superior Day takes place high Big Manitou Falls, the July 19 from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. state’s largest waterfall at Barker’s Isand in Superior. Thunder Bay, Ontario Live music, art, activities and Thunder Bay is the gateway the blessing of the fleet take to the Lake Superior National place.

Marine Conservation Area, wilTwo miles of sandy beaches, derness trails, lakes for angling, swimming and fishing can be canoeing and kayaking. found at Big Bay Beach at Town Sleeping Giant Provincial Park on Madeline Island, the Park provides a range of outlargest of the 21 Apostle Islands. door activities from hiking and It is secluded and free. biking, camping, photography

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Lake Superior, North Shore, Palisade Head and more.

You’re in the heart of amethyst country, so visit an openpit mine to pick your own gemstones or visit a local or regional gift shop.

Fort William Historical Park is considered one of the top living history attractions with more than 42 authentic reconstructed buildings. There is an artisans’ area, fur traders, French Canadian voyaguers and more.

Craving more adventure?

Walk across Eagle Canyon’s 300-foot suspension bridge, hike the trails or fish at the bottom of the canyon. The park offers a full-service RV campground.

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On location

Visit two favorite film sites in Iowa

“Is this heaven? No, it’s Iowa.”

The location where the “Field of Dreams” was filmed remains a popular destination for tourists from around the world.

Nearly 26 years later, the public is still drawn to the site where the movie was filmed. Undoubtedly, the film had a magic that captured the imagination, and it earned three Academy Award nominations, including a best picture nomination in 1989.

Visitors can bring their favorite baseball glove and bat and play on the baseball diamond at the rural movie setting. Admission is free. Hours are 9 a.m.to 6 p.m. now through November.

Dyersville is also home to the National Farm Toy Museum.

Original artwork, dioramas, two Doug Schlesier sculptures, miniature farm replicas, a lifesize John Deere soil-sifter and pedal tractors are among items displayed. Hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily at 1110 Sixth Ave., CT, S.E., www.nationalfarmtoymuseum.com.

Collectors will enjoy a trek through Plaza Antique Mall and the displays of antiques, collectibles and farm toys from 10 am. to 5 p.m.daily. There’s also the Becker Woodcarving Museum, one of Iowa’s most unique.

Outdoor enthusiasts can walk or bike along Heritage Trail, a 26-mile trail from Dyersville to Dubuque. Daily fees are $2.10, with passes available at the chamber of commerce. For information, call (563) 5566745.

“The Bridges of Madison County,” the romantic 1995 movie based on Robert James Waller’s best-selling novel and

Iowa’s summer film festivals Interrobang Film Festival, June 26-28, Des Moines. Films will be screed during the three-day Des Moines Art Festival in Western Gateway Park, downtown Des Moines, desmoinesartsfestival.org.

48 Hours Film Project, public screenings Aug. 4-6 and Aug. 20, Fleur Cinema, 4545 Fleur Drive. Tickets are $10 per show.

Filmmakers who join the project have 48 hours to make a movie in the juried competition.

Snake Alley Festival of Film, Aug. 6-8, Burlington. Showcases the best short films from around the world at the restored Capitol Theatre.

Landlocked Film Festival, Aug. 14-16, Iowa City.

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Madison County’s covered bridges are favorites among tourist-fans of “The Bridges of Madison County.”

ABOVE: John Wayne’s birthplace in Winterset. BELOW: ‘Field of Dreams.’

starring Clint Eastwood and Merle Streep, put Winterset’s covered bridges on the map for tourists-fans. Principal photography took 42 days in 1994, and included filming on Roseman Bridge and Holliwell Bridge over the Middle River.

Waller’s novel has been translated in 25 languages and sold more than 12 million copies worldwide. The novel was pub-

lished in 1992 and spent three years on the New York Times best seller list – and was No. 1 for 83 weeks. It topped “Gone With The Wind” as the bestselling novel of all time in 1995.

Last year, it became a successful Broadway musical.

Winterset also is the birthplace of John Wayne. H is modest home was restored to its 1907 appearance and features movie memorabilia and rare photographs. He was born Marion Robert Morrison in 1907. More than 1 million visitors have seen the home, including President Ronald Reagan and Wayne’s frequent co-star, Maureen O’Hara.

On May 22, the John Wayne Birthplace Museum will open next door to the birthplace home. There will be interactive displays, artifacts and memorabilia, gift shop, temporary exhibits and a gift shop.

Marty Stuart will headline the opening benefit dinner at the museum.

Riverside declared itself the future birthplace of Capt. James T. Kirk in 1985. Now fans gather

every June for Trek Fest, June 26 and 27. This year’s theme is “ A Fist Full of Datas.” This year’s event will be particularly poignant with the death of Leonard Nimoy, who played the Vulcan, Spock, in the TV show and movies.

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“Vikings”

Now through Oct. 4 The Field Museum, Chicago Go beyond the legend of brutal warriors and learn the truth about the Vikings. Through new archaeological discoveries and hundreds of rare Scandinavian artifacts, explore the power of mythology and the symbolism of Viking ships, gain fascinating insights into domestic life and death rituals, and understand the importance of travel and trade. View astonishing Viking workmanship in exquisite jewelry, metalwork and objects made from glass, bone and amber; and marvel at swords and armor from 750-1100AD. Virtually excavate a boat grave, and try your hand at a game that entertained Viking families hundreds of years ago.

Visit fieldmuseum.org for prices and to purchase tickets.

“The Music Man”

June 20-Aug. 23 Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis See the spectacular and beloved Meredith Willson musical on Wurtele Thrust Stage. Songs like “Gary, Indiana,” “Seventy-Six Trombones,” “Goodnight, My Someone” will have the audience humming along. Get your tickets now or there could be trouble with a capital “T.” Among the Guthrie’s summer offerings is one of the hottest new plays to hit the stage, “Stage Kiss,” July 18-Aug. 30, on the McGuire Proscenium Stage. From Sarah Ruhl, this is a wickedly clever and charming tale about what happens when lovers share a stage kiss – or when actors share a real one.

BACooN RIDE TOO

June 20 Started in 2014, this ride is already the second largest bike ride in Iowa. Ten stops feature bacon specialties on a 71-mile route along

the Raccoon River Valley Trail.

There are optional starting spots, too. The ride starts and ends in Waukee.

To register and for complete details, visit www.bacoonride. com.

“The Making of the Great Humanitarian: Herbert Hoover and World War I”

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum and Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch A Viking spearhead artifact.

Now through Oct. 25.

The exhibit features: ‌3-D Theatre –Tells Herbert Hoover’s story in a visually stunning way, and uses five projectors on 25 screens. ‌WWI Trench – Largest, most technically advanced trench of its kind puts you on the battlefield. ‌The Savoy Hotel – Tells how Hoover’s organizational skills helped thousands of Americans return home safely. ‌Belgian Village – Pick up a typical relief meal of soup, bread and fruit or shop the office. ‌1/8 scale Replica Relief Ship – Learn how difficult it was to move freight by hand and how safe the waters were for travel. The Hoover Presidential Foundation worked to raise $600,000 for the project.

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Iowa Renaissance Festival, Amana, May 23-25.

Pioneer Village Memorial Weekend Heritage Days, May 24-25.

JUNE

June 13.

Iowa Sculpture Festival, Newton, June 13-14.

2015 Summer Antique Jamboree, West Des Moines, June 14.

Burlington Steamboat Days, June 16-21.

Rally on the River, Quad Cities, June 18-20.

Walnut Antique Show, June 19-21.

College Hill Arts Festival, Cedar Falls, June 19-20.

FAIRfest 2015, Fairfield, June 19-21.

Humboldt Arts Festival, June 20.

Snake Alley Art Fair, Burlington, June 21.

Sturgis Falls Celebration, Cedar Falls, June 25-28.

Des Moines Art Festival, June 26-28.

ArtFest Midwest, Des Moines, June 27-28.

Lazy River Beer and Wine Fest, Marquette, June 27.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Days, Burr Oak, June 27-28.

Trek Fest, Riverside, June 27-28.

Iowa Arts Festival, Iowa City, June 5-7.

Frontier Days Celebration, Fort Dodge, June 5-7.

Scandinavan Days, Story City, June 5-7.

Oelwein Celebration, June 6.

My Waterloo Days Festival, June 11-13.

Glenn Miller Festival, Clarinda, June 11-14.

Heartland Days, New Hampton, June 11-14.

America’s River Festival, Dubuque, June 12-13.

Lewis and Clark Festival, Onawa, June 12-14.

American Gothic Days Festival, Eldon, June 12-14.

MacN ider Arts Festival, Mason City, June 13.

Oskaloosa Art on the Square, June 13.

Urbandale Craft Beer and JULY Food Fest, June 13.

Lincoln Highway Antiques Lumberjack Festival, Clinton, Extravaganza, Mount Vernon,

July 4.

Clive Festival, July 16-18.

Linn Creek Arts Festival, Marshalltown, July 18.

Plum Creek Art Festival, Fredericksburg, July 18.

Grundy County Fair, Reinbeck, July 22-26.

Clear Lake Art Sail, Clear Lake, July 25.

Junkin’ in the Junction, West Des Moines, July 25.

Indianola Open Air Market, July 25.

Bremer County Fair, Waverly, July 26-Aug. 1.

What Cheer Summer Flea Market, July 31-Aug. 2.

AUGUST 2.

Iowa Irish Fest, July 31-Aug. 2.

Cresco Fine Arts Show, Aug.

Amana Festival of the Arts, Middle Amana, Aug. 8.

Oelwein Heritage Days, Aug. 15-16.

Woodfest, Amana, Aug. 21-23.

Boom-Fest, Vinton, Aug. 29.

L i n co l n H i g hway Days, Nevada, Aug. 29.

National Oldtime Music Festival & Pioneer Expo, Lemars, Aug. 31-Sept. 6.

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Thursday, June 11 Dusk Family night ~ Movie on a big screen at Readlyn Elementary lawn (weather permitting); concession stand ~ 8:30 – 10:00pm

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Sunday, June 14 7:00- 9:30am Boy Scouts’ Pancake Breakfast 10:30 am Community Church Service in the tent; remember your lawn chair.

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Friday, June 12 8:00am “Grumpsters” Readlyn Annual Golf Tournament ~ 4 person best shot; Wapsie Ridge Golf Course); reservations ~ 319-638-4653 4:00pm-1:00am Beer Tent: ~ no charge for required wristband; no coolers or insulated cups 4:00pm-7:00pm Face Painting by Amy Baker in the park; sponsored by Kids in the Park 4:30pm-7:00pm Ice Cream Sundaes (gazebo); sponsored by Readlyn Savings Bank 5:00pm-8:00pm Balloon Man - Darrel Anderson; sponsored by Kids In the Park 5:00pm Vendors’ Food Stands open 5:00pm 7th Annual Grump Cup Fireman’s Softball Tournament; (ball diamond) 5:00pm- Pedal Pull – (sidewalk between the park and school); sponsored by Wapsie Valley FFA 6:00-6:30pm Little “Grumpsters” Crowning 6:00-8:30pm Pick up your packet for Glow Run/Walk in the City Park.

6:30pm Crowning of: 2015 Readlyn Grump, 2015 Miss Readlyn, and Outstanding Volunteer; remember your lawn chair.

7:00pm Pepper Tourney (gazebo); call Judy Henn at 279-3725 or Shirley Kuker at 279-3451 8:30-12:30pm Dance in the tent to “DJ with a Beat” 9:00pm 5k Glow Run/Walk ~ Register at www.getmeregistered.com/grumpdaysglowrun for $27.44 ($2.44 registration fee included.) before June 11; no race day registration. Contact LeAnn Cushion, Leann.cushion@gmail.com, with questions.

10:00pm Fireworks (Launched east of V49, Lavern Brase’s field; seating available on the east side of Zion Lutheran Church in the open lot.) Remember your lawn chair. Free will donation for 2016 Fireworks which includes a free pair of fireworks’ glasses for every dollar donated.

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Saturday, June 13 10:00am PARADE ~ call Sylvia Casterton at 279-3446 **New parade route ~ Note: Main Street is included in the parade route. ** After Parade Food Stands and Beer Tent open ~ no charge for required wristband; no coolers or insulated cups 11:00am- “Dunk the Coach” Dunk Tank; sponsored by WV Athletic Booster Club 11:00am – 2:00pm “Cedar Valley Blue Grass Band”; sponsored by Ron and Judy Leistikow 11:00am – 2:00pm Kids in the Park ~ $5 wristbands are required; carnival games, bouncy houses, face painting, Adrenaline Laser Tag, and The Game Truck from Des Moines 12:00pm -3:00pm Balloon Man ~ Darrel Anderson; sponsored by Kids in the Park 12:20pm – 4:30pm Cilla’s Silhouettes (gazebo); sponsored by Readlyn Library 12:30pm Registration for Bean Bag Tournament for ages 19 and up; room for 32 teams ~ double elimination ~ $20 per team 1:00pm Bean Bag Tournament 1:00pm Schafskopf Card Tournament (tent); call Roger & Connie Buhr at 279-3661 2:00pm Sign up for Turtle Races 2:30pm Turtle Races; sponsored by Readlyn Garden Club 2:30-3:30pm Bingo for All Ages ~ (north end of the tent); Judy Leistikow/Marlys Deterding; various prizes; no charge 4:00pm Family Bingo/Family Games 8:30pm – 12:30am Dance in the tent to “Sugarfoot” ~ no charge for required wristband; no coolers or insulated cups Dusk Movie on a big screen at the ball park (weather permitting) 11:00-?? Breakfast ~ free will donation for Friends of the Wapsie Valley Athletics

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