Clear Lake, Iowa....and lovely weather for us and The Girls. We stopped here to have service on Sweet Baby; she was due in 1000 miles, and since there was a Freightliner service shop in Clear Lake...here we are.  And we sure are glad we stopped; they found a leak in the left front axle wheel seal, and fixed it for us!! Good thing, as we have the Rocky Mts. to cross and now we are all set to go!  Clear Lake is another of the largely seasonal communities we have found on this trip, and the lake itself is really pretty.  Our rv park is near the south shore, and we have had nice winds in the evening that cool everything down and makes for great sleeping.  About 10 miles east of here is Mason City, Iowa which we visited today.  It is the home of Meredith Wilson, composer of The Music Man and other musicals.  The movie of the same name was filmed here, and we went through the museum and his boyhood home.  Clear Lake is also famous with a music connection; Buddy Holly's last performance before the plane crash that killed him and other performers was here at the Surf  Ballroom, which we found as well.  The ballroom has been restored, and still hosts concerts and dances.  From Clear Lake we will head north into Minnesota, the last of the states west of the Mississippi River that we will have visited!!!