It was a road trip day into northeast Iowa, fun times for me. We first stopped in Burr Oak as there is a Laura Ingalls Wilder museum there. I was reminded of how I had seen the one in Mansfield, MO, as a kid. Amazed at the foreign visitors they get, but the books have been translated into numerous languages. I got some postcards and a bookmark there which had pictures of the places Laura had lived. Then it was on to eat at a Culver's in Decorah. I had been here before to see a Gin Blossoms concert at Luther College. Don't recall much from that visit aside from having to go up the hill to the college.
Next was the Bily Clocks museum in Spillville. I got emotional seeing them but kept it to myself at the time. It was more due to the music than the clocks themselves, though the clocks are very ornate due to being hand-carved. There was a nice callback to last weekend, as one carving was of Lindbergh. I bought 6 postcards there, including one of the Lindbergh carving. Also went to the upper level to the Dvorak exhibit, wrote down some observations made on the wall there. One was how he loved Spillville as he hardly ever spoke of his craft- being a composer of music- during his summer there. Another was how he was inspired to write music and would write some inspirations on his shirt cuffs. I have done similar things when inspired to write, just not on clothing but scraps of paper like receipts in my wallet.
We had hoped to see the Field of Dreams but can see it first thing tomorrow. It was nice to see the Julien Dubuque monument in a park overlooking the Mississippi River. I called it a 'big chess piece' as it looked like a castle or a rook. Then it was on to eat at the Diamond Jo casino, had some chili at a sports bar. On the wall, there were numerous signed Sports Illustrated covers from the likes of John McEnroe and Fran Tarkenton. Liked the cosmic bowling but it was a lackluster outing for me as my score was under 100.
Next was the Bily Clocks museum in Spillville. I got emotional seeing them but kept it to myself at the time. It was more due to the music than the clocks themselves, though the clocks are very ornate due to being hand-carved. There was a nice callback to last weekend, as one carving was of Lindbergh. I bought 6 postcards there, including one of the Lindbergh carving. Also went to the upper level to the Dvorak exhibit, wrote down some observations made on the wall there. One was how he loved Spillville as he hardly ever spoke of his craft- being a composer of music- during his summer there. Another was how he was inspired to write music and would write some inspirations on his shirt cuffs. I have done similar things when inspired to write, just not on clothing but scraps of paper like receipts in my wallet.
We had hoped to see the Field of Dreams but can see it first thing tomorrow. It was nice to see the Julien Dubuque monument in a park overlooking the Mississippi River. I called it a 'big chess piece' as it looked like a castle or a rook. Then it was on to eat at the Diamond Jo casino, had some chili at a sports bar. On the wall, there were numerous signed Sports Illustrated covers from the likes of John McEnroe and Fran Tarkenton. Liked the cosmic bowling but it was a lackluster outing for me as my score was under 100.
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