Not Much Happening

Thursday April 30yh

It has been a busy week, not all fun stuff.  Well some of it was fun.

Our neighbors stopped up over the weekend for a visit. Some of the kids and grandkids stopped over.  That was really nice seeing everybody.

I had an eye doctor appointment, wow has the prices of glasses gone up.  I guess the price of everything else has gone up too.  Got my hair cut on Monday, that feels much better.  Yesterday I went into work for a few hours at the compost site.  Sure was nice seeing my boss Richard, what a guy.  I will have to make sure to send him my blog address, maybe I could get a raise if I say really nice things about him.

Mike started right in on the yard Saturday, mowing, raking leaves and fertilizing.  Why would he want it to grow, then you have to cut it more. 

He started on the bathroom Sunday tore the sheet rock off the walls, the toilet and tub are gone and nut much on the floor but the wood.

Wednesday we went to breakfast with my dad and our regular Wed. morning breakfast group.  Lots of stories and laughs.  Everybody always has so much to talk about.  We do a little show and tell, Joanie is making the cutest purse and I had to pass around a tennis bracelet I made this winter.  

Spam Museum and Home

Friday April 24th

We spent Thursday night at the truck stop in Albert Lea MN.  Friday morning we unhooked the truck and drove to Austin MN to visit the Spam museum. 

The Spam Museum opened in 2002, across the street from the meat plant.  Hormel which makes Spam and 3,000 other food products is located in Austin MN. 

Spam is made from pig parts (they didn’t tell which parts) and secret spices then cooked in it’s own can right on the assembly line.  The factories produce 44,000 cans of Spam an hour.  Hawaiian's consumes more Spam then any other state or country. 

A tower of 3390 cans of Spam rises to the ceiling in the lobby of the museum. 

Advertising posters from years past.

Try it you’ll like it.  A have to visit place.

Well we made it home early Friday afternoon, and is it good to be back.  Saturday Mike was already raking and mowing the lawn.  The man just never stops.  Monday is going to start remolding the bathroom in the house. 

 

Bridges Of Madison County and John Wayne

Thursday April 23rd

A small house on Second Street in Winterset Iowa was the home of John Wayne.  He was born here and lived in the house until he was 3, when they moved to another town in Iowa.  We were able to tour the house, and it features the largest public collection of John Wayne memorabilia. 

Winterset Iowa is in Madison County were the movie Bridges of Madison County was filmed.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Cutler-Donahoe Covered Bridge is in Winterset City Park and is one of the most scenic. Built in 1871 and was moved to the park in 1970 and renovated in 1997.  We visited three of the bridges in the area. 

Roseman Covered Bridge built in 1883 and renovated in 1992, sits on it’s original site. 

Winterset has the old hometown feeling you find in the small town rural way of life.  Well worth a visit if your in the area, or make it a destination much to see and do.  

Downtown Winterset top picture and the Court House below.

Winterset City Park also has a unique English Style hedge maze, which we walked thru.  If I had been leading instead of Mike we would still be in the maze, lost forever. 

One of the most unique small towns we have visited.  The City Park offers 76 acres of wooded country side, and a modern RV camping area.

We stopped in another small town, Adel Iowa.  They also have a beautiful out Court House.  Had to stop and get pictures,  glad we did the secondary roads on our way home.  So many towns that we would never have seen.

We will be home Friday.  Sure will be good to see family and friends.

 

 

Matt Dillon and Miss Kitty

Dodge City Kansas
Wednesday April 22nd

As much as I love th desert it is nice to see green grass and trees with leaves. Sure hope MN is as green as KS. We pretty much have been staying off the freeways and driving the secondary roads.  The small towns and farming communities are so scenic.     

Dodge City KS cowboy capital of the world, so says the town.  We went thru the museum and the replica for Front street circa 1870, built in 1958.

Found Miss Kitty’s Salon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The salon was closed to early in the morning for a drink.

Mike behind bars

He looks so happy in jail, should I let out?  Only if promises to be good.

Next stop boot hill.

 

We left Dodge at high noon and headed to Missouri.  Drove 400 miles and stopped for the night at a rest area just north of Cameron Missouri.

 

Get Outta Dodge

Tuesday April 21

We left Albuquerque this morning at 7am.  Said good by to Nancy and Charles, Sandy and Steve, and Karen and Reynolds.  Sure will miss them, but hope to see them all this summer.  Sandy and Steve may come for a visit this summer and the rest have lake property in northern Minnesota.

Mike drove 480 miles today to Dodge City Kansas.  A very long day.  I guess we will stay here and check the town out.

Lots of history here.  Wyatt Earp was assistant marshal in 1876 as was Bat Masterson who was also a gambler and journalist in town.  Doc Holiday who was a card playing dentist hung out in Dodge City for some time.  Sure we will find out more about the town tomorrow.

 

Papa Doo Run Run

Monday April 20th

Mike went to his last seminar today, a computer class on how to use Picasa a photo storage application.  I pretty much hung around the MH, just went on a nice long walk.

The Temps got in the high 80s today with nothing but sunshine.  Just a little to warm for me.

The last of the evening entertainment, was Papa Doo Run Run.  They toured with Jan and Dean and The Beach Boys in the 60s.  The Rally really did get some nice entertainers for the week.  Everyone was good and some were great. 

 

Most of the songs they sang were from the Beach Boys.  Two of the band members played with the beach boy for 10 to 12 years.  Love to here the songs from when we were in high school.

This is it we are headed out Tuesday morning, see family and friends in a few day. 

 

Our last sunset from the southwest. 

A Perfect Day and The Osmonds

Sunday April 19th

The sun is shinning and the temps are in the 70s absolutely perfect day.

We spent time at the fair grounds going to seminars and checking out the vendors and going thru more MH that are over $500,000.  A person can dream.  Mike made French Onion soup for dinner, he does make a good soup.

Mike got up early some balloons were taking off here at the grounds, he got a few pictures.

In the evening we had more entertainment the Osmond Brothers, Jimmy, Jay, and Wayne .   Another excellent show.  This is the 50 anniversary in show business for the Osmond's, and are they entertainers.  What a show they put on, the best one this week.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday is our last full day here, we leave for Minnesota Tuesday morning.