This morning we’re in beautiful small town Prairie du Chien, WI. After last night thought I should go for a walk before we leave for the day. Found Mary Carol doing the same so we spent 40 min briskly walking through town.
Temp this morning was 50. We’re on our way to Le Claire, IA tonight. Lots to see today.
We’ve seen lots of unusual statues, this is our first pink elephant. OOPs I’m missing the pink elephant, see below.
First stop Pike’s Peak State Park in McGregor, Iowa.
The confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers.
Our next stop was Dubuque, they have a wonderful Mississippi River Museum.
The museum entrance. Highly recommended for those traveling to Dubuque.
A lonely looking Mark Twain.
Here we go, the pink elephant. I think it had something to do with a riverboat casino.
Lunch stop in Galena, Ill. Galena is a very architecturally interesting town it was a hub on the Mississippi between St. Louis and St. Paul in the 1800. Due to erosion on the Galena river, it is inaccessible to river traffic. It was also the residence of Ulysses S. Grant and his family prior to the civil war and after. It is now a state historic site. There are many mansions converted to B & B’s, it’s worth a visit if you get a chance.
We travelled 170 miles today, most of it on the eastern side of the Miss, tonight we’re in Le Claire, IA on the western side. We had such a great lunch many of us skipped dinner to spend an enjoyable evening relaxing, drinking, snacking and chatting.