LIW-Road Trip, Burr Oak, IA / Decorah, IA , June12, 13 & 14

North East Iowa holds this tiny treasure as one of her secrets.
In the small town of Burr Oak you will find the unpublished story of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Her only childhood home still on its origianl site and the birthplace of sister Grace.

museum@lauraingallswilder.us or www.lauraingallswilder.us

3603- 236th Ave. Burr Oak, IA 52101
(563) 735-5916

Tour admission rates: adults - $7, children/youth - $5 , family admission-$25
Guided tours. On Sunday noon to 4 pm.

Arrive from Pepin, WI set up camp.

A tour of the Dairy Center will be scheduled for the next afternoon for a milking demonstration and a self-guided or guided group tour of the facility. It will include the feed bins, freestyle dairy barn and the calf barn. www.iowadairycenter.com, located in Calmar, IA.

Other attractions in the area are the walking trails, trout streams, Bily Clock Museum and Antonin Dvorak Museum (Chech. composer in same building), www.bilyclocks.org, Vesterheim - Norwegien History, Winneshiek Wildberry Winery,
many textile stores,and Seed Savers, www.seedsavers.com.

Bluffton Campround www.bluffcountry.com/randy.htm
No reservations.. plenty of space. Seven miles from Burr Oak. Electric $18, w/o and tent camping $12. Showers, dump station, shelter house for meet and greet.
River front sites. Conoe landing , playground and restaurant.

Pulpit Rock Campground www.decorahia.org/pr/pr.asap?id=prpulpit_rock&level=10
Trailers/motor homes $15 per night tents $13 and $2 additional for electricity.
No reservations taken.. Pull through sites available.
(563) 382-9551 Call to check for availability that day. Fill up fast and Tractor-cade in area.

Other campgrounds in the area.


Bluffs Inn 563-382-8600 , 62 units; Country Inn (563) 382-9646, www.countyinns.com;
Heartland Inn (563) 382-2269, www.heartlandinns.com, Many B&Bs.
Make reservations early and check back often. There is a "Tractor-cade" at the same time in Decorah, IA.

An early morning start, after we drop off donation in Decorah, to Kansas City follows a great time in Burr Oak/ Decorah area.

Bridges of Madison County, Birthplace of John Wayne in Winterset, IA,
www.johnwaynebirthplace.org, Outlet shopping, Ammana Colonies all on the way to KC.

Arriving in KC late afternoon. Re-group and meet with other Midwest farmgirls.
Farmgirls of the Heartland will be our hosts.