Omaha Area Parks: Council Bluffs Recreational Area

 Owen plays his pitching machine baseball at the Council Bluffs Recreational Complex.  This is a complex with many baseball, ten, and soccer fields.\, ten with another six smaller fields.  There is a large playground and a community/picnic area.  There is also a Lewis and Clark informational panel.  

  

Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County Rest Area, West Bound.

 This rest area is at mile marker 17 on the I80 in Iowa.  It appears to be an older and smaller rest area.  There is no theme that I could see. 

Durham History Museum: Green Book, 1939 Golden Spike celebration and Legos.

 We prevued some history, but the kids have more fun playing.  They had a hands-on Lego exhibit.  The also regularly have a wall to put Legos and spell something.  History was the Green Book for the Black motorist which was necessary due to Jim Crow and racial discrimination.  The 1939 celebration of the Union Pacific Movie and the Golden Spike.  

Council Bluffs Visitors Center

 Returning home from the Kanesville Visitor Center I noticed the Council Bluffs Visitor Center so decided to stop.  I loaded up on lots of pamphlets about places to see in Council Bluffs.  It is on the corner of S Exprressway St. and 23rd Ave., not far from the freeway entrance to the 80.  It is called Unleash Council Bluffs, Iowa--Convention and Visitors Bureau.  

Historic Oakland Avenue in Council Bluffs, Iowa

On my way to visit the Lafayette Lincoln Memorial I drove through Oakland Avenue and was impressed with the murals and houses.

murals on a building, corner of Oakland and Kanesville

Fairview Cemetery is at the end of Oakland Avenue.