Should you find yourself journeying up to eastern Iowa on your way to Iowa City or Cedar Rapids (or maybe to see some llamas), you’re liable to pass by Riverside, Iowa, a small town of scarcely a thousand people. You might be forgiven for not giving Riverside much of a thought, but if you have…
Laura Ingalls Wilder is famous for her Little House on the Prairie books. Wilder’s childhood was spent living in various parts of the Midwest, but she lived most of her adult life in Mansfield, Missouri. She and her husband Almanzo moved to Mansfield in 1894, purchasing a parcel of land they called Rocky Ridge Farm….
In the last few years, my wife started following an Instagram page out of Iowa that posts videos of all things llamas. We soon discovered that the Instagrammer runs her own llama BnB. We decided to make the trip up to Iowa to stay at the BnB as part of a brief getaway. Getting There…