Libya In a Cornfield
Aug. 8th, 2009 12:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mallorys_cameraJump: Belmond, IA → Tripoli, IA – City Park: 90 miles
RIGHT out of the lot onto HWY 69 SOUTH…
LEFT onto HWY 3 EAST
LEFT onto HWY 63 NORTH… RIGHT onto HWY 93 EAST to Tripoli… arrows to the lot
Shows at 2pm and 4:30pm
It was a long way to Tripoli – try-POLE-ee to the locals – but we were all very glad to get the hell out of Belmond, which was like Children-of-the-Corn Central. I swear I heard somebody hiss, “Outlander,” as I sauntered through downtown.
One of the ugliest towns we’ve been through yet – a hideous blue arcade ran the full length of downtown on both sides of the Main Street. Could be argued that it’s not really Belmond’s fault it’s so ugly – town was wiped out by a tornado back in 1966. But I did my usual thing, looking up old photographs of the town in its 1920’s prime, and you know what? It was ugly then too.
RIGHT out of the lot onto HWY 69 SOUTH…
LEFT onto HWY 3 EAST
LEFT onto HWY 63 NORTH… RIGHT onto HWY 93 EAST to Tripoli… arrows to the lot
Shows at 2pm and 4:30pm
It was a long way to Tripoli – try-POLE-ee to the locals – but we were all very glad to get the hell out of Belmond, which was like Children-of-the-Corn Central. I swear I heard somebody hiss, “Outlander,” as I sauntered through downtown.
One of the ugliest towns we’ve been through yet – a hideous blue arcade ran the full length of downtown on both sides of the Main Street. Could be argued that it’s not really Belmond’s fault it’s so ugly – town was wiped out by a tornado back in 1966. But I did my usual thing, looking up old photographs of the town in its 1920’s prime, and you know what? It was ugly then too.
