UPDATE - NORTH TO SOUTH ???

LOTS HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS. WE WENT TO MOLINE AND LOOKED AT SOME ROCK ISLAND LINE ROLLING STOCK, CROSSED THE MISSISSIPPI 4 TIMES AND VISITED THE JOHN DEERE MUSEUM.

ROCK ISLAND LINE IS A MIGHT FINE LINE, AS THE SONG GOES. WE SAW A REFURBISHED CABOOSE AND SOME INTERESTING STUFF THERE. WE ALSO VISITED A "AVENUE OF HEROES" MEMORIAL.

THE JOHN DEERE MUSEUM IS AWESOME. WE SAW SOME REALLY BIG LAWN MOWERS. $1,000,000 GETS YOU A COMBINE THAT CAN CUT AND MULCH ENOUGH CORN IN 1 MINUTE TO FILL A DUMP TRUCK. JOHN DEERE IS AN EXACT TWIN TO JOHN WAYNE.....MMM? COINCIDENCE?

WENT TO A NATIONAL CEMETERY, BUT WE COULD NOT GET IN. IT IS ON A MILITARY BASE, AND AS WE ARE NOT U.S. CITIZEN, WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH A SECURITY CHECK BY THE FBI. IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN OVER AN HOUR - INTERVIEW, PICS AND FINGERPRINTS. POST 9-11 SECURITY.

WENT TO A CASINO AND MADE ENOUGH MONEY FOR A TANK OF GAS. WHOO-WHOO!!

SAW A "STEP-BAND" AND SOME DRUMLINE KIDS PUTTING ON A GREAT SHOW AT A HUBCAP DEALER. IT WAS FANTASTIC. BOOM-BOOM POW !!

DAWN SUNDAY, DEPARTURE FOR OMAHA, NEBRASKA. SAW THE BIGGEST TRUCK STOP IN THE WORLD. 1200 PARKED TRUCKS!
THERE IS NO SMOKING OUTSIDE AT THE REST AREAS IN IOWA. OUTSIDE......IMAGINE THAT, FOLKS.

WE HAD UNBELIEVABLE CROSSWINDS, 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTS. IT WAS LIKE DRIVING A BILLBOARD. THE CAMPGROUND WAS A GENERIC KOA. BUT, FOR A PIT STOP, IT WAS OK. LEFT OMAHA EARLY AND HEADED NORTH TO SOUTH DAKOTA. HENCE THE HEADLINE.

STILL WINDY, JUST AS WINDY AS YESTERDAY. AND COLD. WINDCHILL IN THE 30'S.

WE MADE IT TO MITCHELL, SD. AND VISITED THE ----- CORN PALACE. A HUGE ARENA/THEATER COMPLEX, COVERED WITH EARS OF CORN. I REPEAT --- A HUGE ARENA/THEATER COMPLEX, COVERED WITH EARS OF CORN.

HERE ARE SOME PICS, MORE TO COME. I NEED A FREE AND FAST CONNECTION, SO, MAYBE TOMORROW.

HOW YOU DOIN'??