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In August 2013, we visited Iowa while coming back from a conference in Chicago. We mainly drove along scenic byways in Iowa.

Iowa byways map was really helpful for us to get the information and plan the trip. We planned our drive covering Great river road, Grant wood and Lincoln highway. Most of the time there were huge corn fields besides roads.

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Mount Rainier which is an active volcano is situated in Washington state. The upper part of the volcano is covered with snow. Also, there are beautiful waterfalls in the park.

We took the drive up to the visitor's center and climbed to a small peak there. This is the view from the peak.

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