First day without the car so it was good to really stretch our legs – and that we did ! We had a quick breakfast at the bakery next door then walked down to the river to do a river and lake cruise. Adrienne had picked out Mercury Cruises as […]
Sweet Home Chicago ! Back to old territory – well an old state anyway but quite a different area of the state – and a couple of nights in the “Windy City” Before we left Galena, we headed to President Grant’s house not far down the road. It has a […]
Back to the shores of the mighty Mississippi …. We have skipped across the border to Illinois for tonight however most of the day we continued our travels through Iowa. First task of the day was some retail therapy at the Williamsburg Outlets ! Williamsburg was also the home of […]
A busy day today – but nothing unusual about that … Don’t know if it was dinner last night, breakfast this morning or the various effects of jet lag however I woke up a bit seedy this morning. But there were sights to be seen of course so a little […]
Well, we are not quite there but not far away ! We have begun our tour and hit the road but haven’t ventured quite as far along the road as the Iowa state capital, Des Moines – we will start there tomorrow. But the town of Winterset – our stop […]
