After two mornings of waking up early 7:30 was as late as I slept in without an alarm. I had breakfast with Todd and Janelle before they left for church. I tried to get some writing done while they were gone, but mostly ended up dozing off in front of the tv with two large dogs on my lap.
Soon after Todd and Janelle got home, their other daughter Jayme and her husband Tyler stopped by for a huge lunch on their way back home to Monticello. They offered me a place to stay there in a few nights which weighed pretty heavily on my route planning for the next week. I now have it penciled in that I will cross the Mississippi in Clinton instead of the closer Dubuque.
Before the Packers kicked off, Todd, Janelle, Sammy and I went on a driving tour of Grundy Center to see the city and where each of them grew up. The town is still alive and well and hasn't seen a population drop like many of the towns I've been through on this run. There weren't too many vacant buildings, although there were many homes for sale. I'm amazed that out here you can buy a pretty nice house for only $50,000. The same house would go for at least triple that in Portland.
After the Packers win and a dinner of Casey's pizza we watched 60 Minutes and the end of the Miss America pageant-which is obviously rigged since Ms. New York has won three years in a row. Everyone in the house, but me, had to go to work tomorrow (unless running counts as work) so we called it a night pretty early.
Soon after Todd and Janelle got home, their other daughter Jayme and her husband Tyler stopped by for a huge lunch on their way back home to Monticello. They offered me a place to stay there in a few nights which weighed pretty heavily on my route planning for the next week. I now have it penciled in that I will cross the Mississippi in Clinton instead of the closer Dubuque.
Before the Packers kicked off, Todd, Janelle, Sammy and I went on a driving tour of Grundy Center to see the city and where each of them grew up. The town is still alive and well and hasn't seen a population drop like many of the towns I've been through on this run. There weren't too many vacant buildings, although there were many homes for sale. I'm amazed that out here you can buy a pretty nice house for only $50,000. The same house would go for at least triple that in Portland.
After the Packers win and a dinner of Casey's pizza we watched 60 Minutes and the end of the Miss America pageant-which is obviously rigged since Ms. New York has won three years in a row. Everyone in the house, but me, had to go to work tomorrow (unless running counts as work) so we called it a night pretty early.
Grundy County Courthouse
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