Amana RV Park and Event Center, Amana, IA

Amana RV Park and Event Center is approximately 15 miles from Cedar Rapids, Iowa and 17 miles from Iowa City, Iowa. They are in the Amana Colonies area, which is a National Historic Landmark. The river that goes by there floods occasionally, so they’re moving their office/registration building (which has been flooded) to a different area. The road there is highway until you turn off to their approach, then gravel road, with holes.



Amana RV Park is a Passport America participating campground. They advertise 450 sites with 228 full hook-up, 24 full hook-up seasonal sites, 166 water and electric sites, 48 dry and tent camping. We were able to stay there two nights for a total of $39.60 (including taxes) with Passport America. The sites are gravel/grass. They have free and paid Wi-Fi. Our site had 20/30/50 amp electricity, water, sewer and a fire rings. Some sites have picnic tables. The electrical posts are in the center, with four campers to an area. Two are pull-through, two are back-in. The water was one spigot with four hookups. Sewer was individual.They sell propane and firewood. There is a building with a laundry room, library and small meeting room. There are two large steel buildings that can be used for rallies. There is a 4-vehicle dump station. Verizon service works good.

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When we got there, there was a Good Sam rally going on. By the time we left Monday, it had really emptied out!

Iowa

Iowa has nice crops of corn and soybeans. The state isn’t as flat, more hills. Interstate highways are good, but the side roads (which we usually take) definitely need work. There was a lot of construction. We stopped at Amana Colonies and stayed at Amana Colonies RV Park; I’ve done a separate blog post for that. There’s a lot of farming, and barns with quilt squares painted on them. And, of course, road construction.

Some Iowa state facts listed below the pictures.

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Some Iowa facts from netstate.com:

1. Agriculture: Iowa's top five agricultural products are corn for grain, hogs, soybeans, cattle and calves, and dairy products. Hogs are Iowa's leading source of livestock income followed by beef cattle. More hogs are raised in Iowa than in any other state. A leader in milk production, Iowa also produces chickens and eggs. Less important livestock products of the state are turkeys, sheep and some horses. Iowa leads the states in the production of corn and ranks among the leaders in production of soybeans. Other major field crops include oats and hay, red clover, flaxseed, rye and wheat. The primary fruits produced in Iowa are apples. Vegetables grown in the state include cabbages, cucumbers, green beans, onions, potatoes and sweet corn.

2. Manufacturing: The largest manufacturing industry in Iowa is the food processing industry. Meatpacking plants producing canned hams and breakfast sausages are important. Other plants produce corn oil, cornstarch, corn sugar, and glucose. One of the largest cereal mills in the United States and the country's largest popcorn-processing plant are located in Iowa. Machinery production (farm machinery, construction equipment) is Iowa's second-ranking manufacturing activity followed by the production of electrical equipment (household appliances).

3.Mining: Limestone is the primary mined product of Iowa. It's ground up for use in roads and in cement. Other mineral products include clays, gypsum and sand and gravel.