Breitbach Restaurant in Balltown

We checked out Balltown's restaurant that had been remodeled after a fire last December. Breitbach's restaurant was Iowa's oldest restaurant. They had a breakfast buffet that was pretty good. The restaurant looks much different but is still decorated with some antique items. It is a good experience with a nice ride to Balltown. Be sure to walk out to the scenic view. Worth the time to check out!

Chapter H Monday night rides and More

Chapter H Monday night scheduled rides continue through the end of September.  We had to change some of the rides up near Ames due to cooler and rainy weather.  We are riding to restaurants that are closer to Des Moines.  October Monday rides really depend on what Iowa's weather is going to do.

There are some GWTA events yet to come.  September 27th at Woodbine, Iowa is Applefest.  The town has a celebration around Apples, apple pie, caramel apples, craft fair and more.  Chapter Z Nebraska is having a hogroast and Nebraska's Chapter G is camping at a State Park nearby.

Rick and Patti Harvey have their annual BBQ at their new home the first Saturday in October.

Colorama is the second weekend in October at Eureka Springs.  Leaves are already changing in Iowa now and should be beautiful by then.

Nebraska has their state event, A TOGA party,  the second weekend in November at Grand Island, Nebraska. 
If you are intersested in riding to one of the events, get in contact with us to see if a group is planning to go.

The Patriot Rock in Iowa

We went on a ride one very hot summer day and wanted to see what Bubba had created this year at the Rock.  It is truly an awesome work of art and a tribute to ALL of our soldiers and Veterans. 

                                                   

You can find Iowa's Patriot Rock south of I-80 on Highway 25 north of Greenfield, Iowa.  This rock was once covered by graffitti but is now a work of art that is changed every year by Memorial Day. 

Iowa's Fun Fest at Storm Lake

Iowa's Fun Fest was held at Storm Lake August 22-25th. We arrived on Friday and set up camp. Some moteled but several brought their campers and we circled our campers. Friday night we had hot dogs and potato salad and everyone visited. There was also a campfire in the evening. There were incredible sunsets over the water there with wind energy windmills in the background.

Saturday A.M. everyone registered and began the day of the Fun run by drawing a card, guessing how many M & M's were in the jar and then took off on the ride. First stop was at Storm Lake Honda. We had to see how many pieces of Bubble gum we could grasp with our hands and that was our score for that stop. Larry at Storm Lake Honda provided breakfast pizza and something to drink. It was a great stop. We had trivia questions that we could look for the answers as we went on the ride. We stopped at The Grotto where we had a ping pong ball toss, next stop was a frog draw, *we rode past some of Iowa's wind energy farms* and then back to the campground for our final card draw. Darrell and Judy Peters and others of Chapter L did a great job on this Fun Run.  It was interesting and fun.

We had an auction, 50/50 both Friday and Saturday nights. Hyvee catered a great meal for Saturday. Several played the games in the afternoon. Larry from Storm Lake was honored for all that he

has done for some of our GWTA members. The GAMES:  It was a series of things to be done.  First, the team plank walking.  Pic above shows Pam and Bob then they walked holding a plastic egg on a spoon, and then kicked 3 balls to the other end of the game field getting them in all in a small area.  Then they had to pick up beans with chopsticks.  This was a timed event.  Rick H from Nebraska and "snookum" had a little trouble with the plank walk and received the "whoopie cushion" award.

State Director Rick Harvey was attached to a tree and for $1.oo you could throw a water balloon at him. Money from this was donated to Helping Hands. A challenge was made between Rick Harvey and Rick H from Nebraska to do this at Goldrush in 2009 to see who could raise the most for Helping Hands.

Rick and Patti Harvey notified everyone that they are resigning as Iowa's State Directors. We thank them for all that they have done and all the hard work on Iowa's Fun Fest and trying to keep "Iowa on the Move."

2009 Iowa Fun Fest will be in Storm Lake with camping but the date is changing to the weekend before.  More info on that too come. 

Chapter J has fun run

August 17th Several of our members went to Clarinda area for Chapter J's Fun Run with money raised for a little boy that had lost his leg and fingers in a lawn mower incident. We had a good ride with one of our stops at Bedford and had Strawberry Shortcake. The poker run was fun, good friends and money was given to the little boy and his mom at the end of the event. It was a great day for a ride.