The morning we left for home began terribly foggy.
You could not even see the tops of the windmills.
The fog slowly lifted.
We met up with Jan at Portage. Her granddaughter had driven her there so we could meet up for the drive home together.
At Prairie du Sak, we stopped at the river overlook.
Pelicans
Wouldn't it be fun to have a room in a turret like this?
We passed several fields of this.
Barley? Rye?
We took Hi 60 past Taliesen, the house that Frank Lloyd Wright built. We'd love to tour it, but the hours are limited and not usually whenever we have passed through.
We did stop to show Jan House on the Rock which is closeby. We didn't take the tour. It takes too long and we wanted to get back to Kansas that day.
This place is a little creepy.
I love all these small towns.
Crossing the Mississippi into Dubuque.
We decided to check out the college that Jan's graddaugther was going to go to in the fall. Our GPS took us on a road called Kaufmann Ave. My great-grandmother was Amelia Kaufman (although only 1 "n"). Kaufman is a very Mennonite German name.
I checked it out, and there were several streets in Dubuque named to honour well known families in the area. "A man named Joseph Kaufmann served as Fifth Ward alderman from 1894 to 1896 and served as chairman of the streets committee. He also served on the County Board of Supervisors. His career spanned 29 years with Cushing and Son Vinegar Co. and as chief deputy for two sheriffs." - Telegraph Herald, Street Stories.
What is an alderman? I had to look it up. "Much like congressmen, aldermen represent the people who elect them and aim to do what's in the residents' best interest."
Evidently, Dubuque attracted many German and Irish immigrants back in the day. Dubuque is Iowa's oldest settlement west of the Mississippi. The first permanent settler was a French-Canadian fur trader Julien Dubuque, who arrived in 1785. At that time, the Mesquakie or Fox Indians occupied the area. He developed close relationships with this group and they mined lead in the area together.
Emmaus Bible College
After a short time here, we found a place to eat.
Extra weight on the right side?
We made several stops.
This guy was swerving back and forth. Rather scary and Al passed him fast!
Close to home!
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