New Jersey students visit pen pals and experience the Iowa farm life

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Students from Bayonne, New Jersey, got a little taste of farm life in Iowa.In 1982, the Garden State eighth-graders traveled more than 1,100 miles to visit Living History Farms with their pen pals from Algona.Watch the video above to hear why they were so puzzled by Iowa's "skyscrapers." The group raised $7,000 and spent six days in Iowa, experiencing a rural life they'd never find in New Jersey. It's safe to say the East Coast visitors, some who had never seen a farm, found life in Iowa puzzling.» Download the free ��vlog app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google PlayMore from the ��vlog archives��vlog archives: The heart-pounding thrills of Adventureland's wooden roller coaster��vlog archives: Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Carrey and more stars show up for Letterman's last 'Late Night' ��vlog archives: Paul 'Mr. Drake' Morrison looks back at the beginnings of the Drake Relays Retro ��vlog: It was the dawn of the digital age. Take a step back in time to the days of the Internet Cafe

URBANDALE, Iowa —

Students from Bayonne, New Jersey, got a little taste of farm life in Iowa.

In 1982, the Garden State eighth-graders traveled more than 1,100 miles to visit Living History Farms with their pen pals from Algona.

Watch the video above to hear why they were so puzzled by Iowa's "skyscrapers."

The group raised $7,000 and spent six days in Iowa, experiencing a rural life they'd never find in New Jersey. It's safe to say the East Coast visitors, some who had never seen a farm, found life in Iowa puzzling.

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