Fall Trip, Day 2

Day 2, Saturday, September 25, 2010

We woke up to a rainy morning today. We drove east for a way and then crossed the Missouri River at Council Bluffs, Iowa. More trees now and gentle rolling hills. The hills are terraced with corn planted on every inch of them. The corn is brown and ready for harvest now. We stopped for breakfast in a very small farm town .. Shelby, Iowa .. and had a choice of two restaurants "The Corn Stalk", or "The Corn Crib" ... It IS Iowa!! We chose the 'crib' and there were a few locals who gather there every morning for breakfast. Very pleasant and friendly folks and not bad food. We enjoyed looking at all the antiques, mostly farm related, that were displayed around the building. We encountered very beautiful countryside and farmlands all across Iowa. It rained all the way to Dubuque, Iowa where we crossed the Mississippi River into Wisconsin. On Highway 151 in Wisconsin we passed the Mustard Museum, the home of .... Poupon U ....

We arrived in Madison about 5:00 and checked in at the .... Radisson in Madison as Ken liked to call it. Nice, but not nearly as fancy as it might sound. There were many kids in the hotel, all in Madison for a huge soccer tournament. This could have been a serious problem if we had allowed it. We're settled in now for two nights, just enjoying being still with no movement!!

Most Memorable Event

Ken: The intensity and duration of the rainstorm
Betty: The farmland and cornfields just go on forever, but they are beautiful.