I have difficulty choosing favorites of anything, usually because I feel that there are so many wonderful options and I simply can't pick between them. Choosing a favorite place is no exception - I have a habit of falling in love with nearly any place in which I spend very much time. So, rather than bore you with what would end up being nothing more than a comprehensive list of every place I've ever lived or visited for more than a day or two, I will just share my first "favorite" place: my hometown.
La Porte City, Iowa, is a sleepy little town of around 2,200 people, and my family lives a few miles outside of it. Surrounded by the whispering green of endless cornfields, the landscape is certainly serene.
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| (Iowa cornfield) |
However, despite the (mostly correct) popular belief that Iowa is composed of nothing but corn, there is more to it than that. I hail from the southeast corner of the northeast quadrant of Iowa - almost central, but not quite. If you're willing to travel a bit further to the northeast, there are achingly beautiful scenes to behold: deep, green forests coating soaring bluffs, the Mississippi River carving its way through trees and limestone, and lakes and ponds scattered amidst it all.
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| (View of the Mississippi River from Pikes Peak State Park, Iowa Photographer: McGhiever) |
Iowa is a beautiful state, and it was my very first home.
Oh, look at those cornfields, Alli... the colors are so pretty that it's more like a painting than a photo. (I like in tobacco country, so it is all tobacco fields along the road where I live.) And the river view is beautiful too! Plus here's a thought: nobody has ever done a project for this class with stories along the Mississippi River... maybe that is something you might consider! :-)
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