Today we arrived in Muscatine, Iowa, too early to see the sunsets Annie described, and of course, as usual, our hotel isn't anywhere near the scenic area. I had time to go to downtown Muscatine, but decided against it, as I have actually been to this lovely town before. I was able to see the historic downtown area from the bridge as we came in. It was fun to look down at the very area where Karen and I finished our RAGBRAI adventure last year. Somewhere on the website there is a picture of the two of us at the grand finale festivities, complete with loon helmets!
The computer at this hotel doesn't allow me to download pictures, so I can't test out the process. I have had trouble for the last few days pulling the pictures off my camera, so I saved them all on my ipod and started fresh--but now I don't know if that will solve the problem!
This was a lovely ride, in spite of some rather brutal headwinds. We pulled into the Casey's in Keithsburg, and found Stephanie chatting with a local guy who was filling up his four-wheeler. Leave it to Stephanie to find the local cafe--we had an interesting stay there--and just as we were getting ready to leave the sky opened up for awhile. We got on our rain gear, and magically, the rain stopped, and we stayed dry the rest of the day! It was our good fortune that we weren't in Muscatine a couple of nights ago, as a tornado hit town and did a fair bit of damage. Guess Annie didn't find that information when she did her research!
Anyway, no point in going on about Muscatine--what fun is a blog without any pictures????
Happy trails!
Dusty
No comments:
Post a Comment