{"id":176,"date":"2018-05-20T21:21:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-20T21:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/?p=176"},"modified":"2018-05-20T21:21:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-20T21:21:34","slug":"rollercoasters-water-towers-and-windmills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/20\/rollercoasters-water-towers-and-windmills\/","title":{"rendered":"Rollercoasters, water towers and windmills"},"content":{"rendered":"

The west has really big mountains, New England has smaller mountains, and Missouri has rolling hills, very much like a kiddie rollercoaster. Up and down\u2026up and down.<\/p>\n

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Up an down, up and down, with a few “thank yo ma’ams” to boot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Missouri and Iowa also have water towers. Every town, and sometimes every corner, has their own water tower with their name printed on it in huge letters, and sometimes the mascot of their school team. All of the water towers we have seen look freshly painted and full of town pride.<\/p>\n

And last, but not least is the huge crop of windmills they are growing in western Iowa!<\/p>\n

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There were a ton of these everywhere we looked for a while. The funny thing was out here they didn’t seem like a scar as they do at home when they put them on the mountain ridges. I can’t say why.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The west has really big mountains, New England has smaller mountains, and Missouri has rolling hills, very much like a kiddie rollercoaster. Up and down\u2026up and down. Missouri and Iowa also have water towers. Every town, and sometimes every corner, has their own water tower with their name printed on it in huge letters, and … <\/p>\n

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