Monday and Tuesday we visited with relatives on Mom's side of the family. Mom got to meet Berdea and her daughter Boni in Camanche, IA. Berdea was a cousin to Mom's Dad and they grew up together in Iowa - they were only two weeks apart in age. She is really funny and let me do what ever I wanted (almost) in her house - like lay in the chair. She is 89 years young and as sharp as a tack. Her daughter Boni was really nice too - she takes photos, too. All the grown-ups went to dinner at a place on the Mississippi river, and Mom brought me some fish for my dinner - YUMMM! The next day (Tuesday) we went to meet Berdea's brother Vince and his wife Evelyn. They were really nice too and had a great place in Davenport. Again, all the grown-ups went out to eat, but Mom saved me some of her cheese burger.
It has been unbearably hot and humid - still - no wonder that corn grows so well. It's really hard to get comfortable. We have had the A/C on constantly tying to keep cool.
Today we hit the road and went to Hayward, MN, so now I have two more states to add to my list and map - Wisconsin and Minnesota. Mom said she will update the stats and map later - she's really tired tonight. Tomorrow we are going to Chamberlain, SD, so that will be another state to add too.
We saw so many hundreds of miles of corn and soy beans it was unbelievable. Mom said there are a lot of corn flakes and tofu out here.
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| Boni, Mom and Berdea after dinner. |
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| This is where Mom's Dad was raised in Iowa. |
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| Corn fields on the way to Hayward, MN |
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| Miles, and miles, and miles, and miles, and miles, and miles of corn! |
Hopefully we will make camp a little early tomorrow and Mom can get everything updated.
Until then.....
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