[ErnBatavia]

Mid July, we drove south on I-29 headed toward overnighting in St. Joseph - we were misled about the detour; it took us an extra 200 miles and four hours of meandering around rural Iowa, thanks to Iowa's DOT goofy detour signage.

We finally hooked up with two "Follow us and ignore the 'road closed ahead'" salesmen who got us on the right track.

That all said - the flood devastation around I-29 was astounding.

[NEMDF]

Yes, the flood damage was a sight to be seen. Sorry about the road signs... we had people coming here in early July, they were going to come on I-80 then the 680 North loop to come into Omaha for Fort St. There were no signs at the exit to 680 from westbound I-80 in Iowa; the people came 20 miles before finding a sign saying they had to turn around and go back to I-80 into Omaha due to the roads and bridge being closed.