We made a quick trip to Wisconsin last week. We left around 4:00 on Friday afternoon as Al worked that day. We stopped in Hillsboro for Dale's sausage. It is sooo good and the kids always appreciate that we bring it!
We enjoy the drive through the Flint Hills.
Oooh. I'd like to explore that old house! But it looks like it is on private land.
We were getting hungry near Homewood, before Kansas City. We found a rest area and had a picnic.
We had not made reservations for a hotel because we were not positive what time we'd get left. We began calling hotels in the Des Moines area and were being quoted around $350 a night. No way. Think of all you can purchase for $350! We'd just as soon sleep in the car at a rest stop and save the money! We were thinking of it, but tried a place in a smaller town before Des Moines and were able to find a room for half that, which we think is still a lot. We can still rememeber Motel 6 being $6 back in the day!
Or we could stay at a place like this? Hmmm. I think maybe the car might be better? We may have to begin thinking about adding some sleeping gear to our car for trips. We have friends who have done it and they are in their 80s. If they can do it.....
The next morning, after eating at the hotel, we took off. On 330 that heads northeast out of Des Moines, we ran across a motorcycle gang.
As we were passing them, we realized they were all women! What fun for these women to ride together on a Saturday.
I was reading my morning devotions from Romans 7:24-25 and it reads like this in the Amplified Classic version:
"O unhappy and pitiable and wretched man that I am! Who will release and deliver me from [the shackles of] this body of death?
O thank God! [He will!] through Jesus Christ (the Anointed One) our Lord! So then indeed I, of myself with the mind and heart, serve the Law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin."
It reminded me of the old radio program "Unshackled". I looked it up on my phone and we listened to an episode of it. Organ music and all! That was a look-back to the old days.
We listened to Gary Hambrick talking about David becoming king of Israel. Allen will be teaching adult Sunday School on that topic as summer is coming to a close and the new church year begins with Sunday School back in full swing. Always good to get other helps and ideas. I always enjoy listening to Gary Hambrick's teachings.
We are always impressed how pristeen the lawns/farms are in Iowa! They mow their areas beyond most states we've ever been in.
And look at these wild flowers planted in the median!
We were ready for lunch so got off the road in Mineral Point. We always pass it, but we decided to get off the highway and see if there was a place with picnic tables. There was! With a historical marker! I love that!
We had some lunch left over from the day before and we'd grabbed some bread and peanut butter and jam, a banana and yogurt from our breakfast buffet at the hotel. Neither of us has had a pbj for years but it made a decent lunch!
A little library box.
Once Al retires and we can spend more time traveling, I want to visit again. There is a historical site called Pendarvis in Mineral Point. It was built by Cornish immigrants who came here in the 19th century to mine lead and zinc.
No time on this trip. We continued on. A crop duster flew over the highway.
We got to our daughter's home in the afternoon. Jill had obligations at another church so she wasn't home. And our son-in-law was performing a wedding. But our granddaughters Sophia and Claire were home. We visited and then drove to OshKosh to the Olive Garden. Claire had never eaten at one before. Adam drove down from north of Appleton and met us there.
To be continued....
