hanging kitchen towel

 i began the day in ankeny, iowa, at my hotel, the super 8. it was nice having the continental breakfast there, and i noticed one family was wearing outfits that all said 'turkey valley', a school in iowa. i had the make your own waffle, and some scrambled eggs. and much like most trips, there wasn't much to do on the last day in town. besides breakfast, there was pack up, check out of the hotel, and get on the road. i made good time on the road, my first stop being the same casey's in clear lake much like the previous day. then i didn't stop again until i was almost home, in lakeville, as i wanted to get a look at the cracker barrel store, the only one in the state. a wait for a table, but i still bought three charlie brown items. one of them was a snoopy hanging kitchen towel, a christmas theme. the others were candy bars with a thanksgiving theme, and a great pumpkin shirt. i had seen the shirt on the website. i still had lunch, a little farther up the road in eagan at the popeye's chicken. then i got some groceries at the hy-vee but not a lot. i made it home mid-afternoon and then got some more groceries at the aldi. then i laid down for a little while. when i got up i went to perform at the mic, and some of the stories were about visiting family in iowa. i was fine with going on a little earlier in the lineup as it gave me more time to get the rental car back to the airport. while on the road i heard songs by ELO, alessia cara, and eminem, the third song sampling a steve miller song. i was pleased with the chores and errand running i got done when i made it back into town but some of it will have to wait. since it is a holiday weekend i have one more day to get it all done. during my walks i found 35 cents.