Historic Amana Colonies Iowa | RV America Y'all

[@rvamericayall]

Happy Sunday y'all from the beautiful National Forest! We've included more information about the historic Amana Colonies in Iowa and the links we mentioned in the description of this video and in today's issue of our Newsletter. If you're not subscribed to our Newsletter, you can sign up here: rvtexasyall.com/newsletter-sign-up . We send out one email a week with our latest content and other related topics. Have a great day! ❤

[@innerspaceavailable]

Are Y'all going to be headed anymore north after Amana? We are just up the road from you in Kasson Mn and would love to meet up with yall!

[@rvamericayall]

That would have been great! But that’s as far north as we made it this year. Maybe next time. We look forward to exploring MN!

[@kcwerv]

We have Electric Bikes for home use. We do love them too. As for our travel bikes we went with Lectrick Folding Bikes. They are so much liter and smaller to travel with in the bed of our truck.

[@rvamericayall]

Electric Bike Company now makes folding bikes.

[@stephenbaris9581]

You two are real and genuine and not like others who are full time RVer. Please do a video on the total cost of being full time RVer. Some out there think it's not that much.

[@rvamericayall]

Good idea, we are considering that!

[@sparkleandspurs]

How interesting! We love the way you two show us around your travels, rv parks and eateries! Stace your laugh is contagious. I hope ya'll keep doing your vids mainly with you two traveling (& with Grammy K). So many rv'ers that do these videos start pairing up with other channels traveling etc and that kind of turns us off. Keep doing ya'll!

[@JarheadAndGingersJourney]

We almost stayed there when we went through Iowa. Now we’ve gotta see it.

[@rvamericayall]

You do need to see it!

[@caniacstevehenderson7115]

Thank you so much for sharing this...better than the national geographic tourist videos !!! 😁

[@rvamericayall]

Thanks for the nice comment & watching! ❤️

[@n1uno1965]

Very cool area 🖖🏻😘👍🏻🙏🏻

[@rvamericayall]

Yes it was!

[@leann4925]

When I was a kid and we would go to my Aunt's house as she always had a rhubarb pie. That was the best pie. Glad you were able to get the good stuff for you pancakes. Love going through small historic towns and learning the history. So I really enjoyed this. Thank you so much. Love y'all Spring,TX

[@christinestephenson1742]

My paternal grandmother used to bake rhubarb pie. I wouldn't eat it though.

[@rvamericayall]

Thanks for the comment, my dad loved rhubarb pie! He & my mom we’re raised in Iowa.

[@texan45]

Cool explore as always stunning historic buildings as that’s what they look to me 🤠

[@rvamericayall]

Thanks

[@texan45]

@@rvamericayall welcome 🤠

[@davidoverholt251]

Safe travels my friends!

[@rvamericayall]

Thanks

[@webbharding53]

We stayed at that RV park also and had breakfast at the same place as you folks. We loved that area!

[@rvamericayall]

Cool

[@lizcort5047]

Just found you folks ! Enjoying watching your travels !

[@rvamericayall]

Thanks and welcome in! 😊

[@JJs-ClassC-Adventures]

Very nice presentation! I really appreciate that ya'll visit some lesser known destinations. We are planning to go to Iowa next summer to see some tractor shows, and I am adding Amana to our trip list. Thank you so much...ya'll are a joy to watch.

[@rvamericayall]

Thanks JJ!

[@marystrange4760]

We visited the Amanda Colonies in the early 90’s. I think it was smaller then but we found some good food. I also bought a winter coat that I still wear today.

[@rvamericayall]

Very nice 👍🏻

[@crossroadsrvtravels]

You should be a History educator. You have the touch. Thanks for sharing!

[@rvamericayall]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@MidwestMamasAdventures]

👋 Hello! When I was younger, we would go to dads army reunions. We did go to Amanda colonies but the only thing I remember was going to a wine place. There were several barrels and a sign that said “shh, wine was sleeping”. 😂 And yes we brought some home. They put it in these cool little jugs.

[@rvamericayall]

Neat story thanks for sharing!

[@WILDEBILL308]

Great video! We have been to Amana before. Varey interesting place. I think we ate at that restaurant to. Only fun negative thing they close, roll up the streets early.

[@rvamericayall]

Yes they do!

[@karensullivan9295]

Beautiful weather

[@rvamericayall]

😊

[@morpheuszzz662]

I was thinking that too. You can tell it was a perfect day. One of those days you remember.

[@normangebhardt2092]

Enjoyed seeing the Amana Colonies again. Especially like visiting the furniture factory and showroom. The fudge shop is also a good place to visit. Thanks for another most interesting video.

[@rvamericayall]

Your welcome

[@christinestephenson1742]

We stayed in that RV Park when we were headed home in 2018. It was busy then so we were back to back with another. We were only there one night so not much time for sightseeing but we did eat a wonderfull dinner at one of their restaurants closer to the park.

[@rvamericayall]

Cool, there definitely was some good food!

[@pammwaddilove4514]

Amana's are awesome! We are from cedar rapids and live in Houston now!!

[@rvamericayall]

😊

[@cL-nr8ks]

I think you would like Pella, IA. A lot of history there as well.

[@rvamericayall]

Thanks

[@aquablue3803]

I've been trying to find you folks lts been a while luvs watching you ❤

[@rvamericayall]

Thanks

[@judystreich7333]

Love Iowa, and your enthusiasm. Always was curious about the Amanda Colonies and think I will one day stop off there. I knew they had a nice campground. Pretty cool place.

[@rvamericayall]

Yes it is, thanks

[@rollinwiththedavises1938]

It was hard enough for me when we became empty nesters to make the transition from cooking for 5 to just 2. We were in the Amana area in the early 80s when we were long haul truckers. We picked up appliances there, a couple of times actually, that were still being Made in America. Looking forward to going back and soaking up the history of the area.

[@rvamericayall]

Cool

[@dinog62]

Are you coming to Wisconsin? Lots of great places to see here as well. WI Dells ( Duck Boar ride to see the rock formations along the WI River) Lake Michigan Coastline, Green Bay, and Door County, Drive the Great River Road along the Mississippi, all the lake's Up Nort!! as we say and the flat lands of Central WI where lots of food crops are grown for America. That's where we call home and next year we plan on selling our sticks an bricks and hit the road in our 94 Winnebago Vector. Can't come soon enough. One more WI winter to put up with.

[@rvamericayall]

Not this year but we will get there! Thanks

[@Stanley55]

Hope you enjoyed the Amana Colonies, there is a lot to see and a lot of history there as well as the beautiful Iowa countryside.

[@rvamericayall]

Yes there is

[@johnirwin1837]

WE stayed in that RV park a few years ago on our way to Montana from Indiana. We took our truck into the towns. We enjoyed. Our next stop was Sioux Falls, S.D. Yip a long day for us.

[@rvamericayall]

Thanks for watching

[@mamacitaypapacito]

We love it there. Have been there twice. Love the town. Hope you guys had a blast. ❤️

[@rvamericayall]

It was great, thanks

[@timebanditrvtravels3449]

nice job

[@rvamericayall]

Thanks

[@leighmcqueeney9848]

Really great to see you branching out. The two Tasmanians currently in Montreal

[@rvamericayall]

Thanks

[@kayeasterling5774]

Really enjoyed this video about the Amana Colonies. Love visiting historic places and going back in time as to how people lived. Were most of the places vacant and just historic findings to see or does anyone actually live in that historic part of the colony? Great job on this video and again great musical background, esp. with the banjos. Thanks for sharing. Grammy Kay

[@rvamericayall]

Thanks mom!

[@mattkaminski6618]

Either we just missed y'all or y'all just missed us! We were there touring the Amana Colonies in June and visited most of the same places y'all were at. We really enjoy your channel and it would have been fun to see y'all in action.

[@rvamericayall]

Oh shoot, wish we would have gotten to meet y’all. Some other day!

[@pjwroblewski]

Never been there. Thanks for sharing. When I moved to Texas, not being able to grow rhubarb made me very sad.

[@rvamericayall]

No problem, thanks for watching!

[@tomtanous8608]

Great video. Tom time for a beard trim and haircut. Lol

[@rvamericayall]

Maybe so, 😂

[@FrenchEros]

Good day guys. Thank you so much for sharing. Big fan of your channel. I do have a question, if I may. I bought a 360 camera and I was wondering if it was what you used at the beginning of the video when you were panning left and right from your bicycle. Thank you ahead of time for your reply. I wish you a wonderful day.

[@rvamericayall]

We used a GoPro 10 Black. Thanks for watching!

[@Chasingthesun2019]

How wonderful. What bikes do y’all have?

[@rvamericayall]

Electric Bikes out of California

[@Chasingthesun2019]

@@rvamericayall Letric?

[@rvamericayall]

No, Electric Bike Company out of California

[@Chasingthesun2019]

@@rvamericayall thank you so much. They really nice.

[@roddjarmon2064]

Hey guys!! You guys are doing some serious traveling. Iowa looks nice. Did you pass the Twin Cities?

[@rvamericayall]

Not this time

[@leftydad8]

What type/brand of bike did you use? Great videos!

[@rvamericayall]

Electric Bikes from California

[@annamaybeekman5152]

HI THERE YOU TWO CRAZY KIDS ALL MY CHANNELS WERE UNSUBBED.... WHAT AMAZES ME IS ALL THE BUILDINGS ARE SO VERY LARGE FOR BACK THEN.... VERY BEAUTIFUL

[@rvamericayall]

That’s crazy about the subs, glad your back. The buildings were all so big because they housed or fed multiple families. Very interesting place!

[@roydavis2242]

I have never liked the back-to-back sites. With my trailer attached to the DP, we're like 75 ft long. I have and will disconnect the trailer and leave it in the parking area, but then we need to unload the car and find a place to park it. We've had people behind us that were obnoxious and their kids thought our site belonged to them.

[@rvamericayall]

I could see that happening

[@gthornton3]

Are the bikes e bikes ?

[@rvamericayall]

Yes they are, we have links in the description of the video for more info!

[@MrSTOUT73]

Took a road trip to the Amana Colonies several years ago ... VERY disappointed. Half the "attractions" and museums were closed and the rest was less than expected. It was one of those "did it once don't have to ever do it again" road trips.

[@rvamericayall]

That’s a shame, was around the time of Covid? Most things were open when we were there! Sorry you had a bad experience, luckily there are a lot more places to go! 🙌🏻

[@MrSTOUT73]

@@rvamericayall It was about 9-10 years ago.

[@hughgonzalez8958]

Love your videos. Very informative. Just a comment from someone who has had a beard for years, please do not take offense because that is not my intention. Please use a beard clipper and trim the beard neatly. It would present much better in the great videos. Thank you.😅

[@rvamericayall]

Working on that! 😊

[@timf6916]

Yes, USA made.

[@rvamericayall]

Absolutely!

[@drewmclean3502]

Germans knew how to do it up right.

[@rvamericayall]

I guess so