Hello from Prescott, IA

Hello from Prescott, IA.

Monday Morning September 26, 2011 (first travelogue of this trip).

We have been in Iowa for several days, but I am just now finding the time to write this blog. We left Evergreen on Thursday (9/15) and spent the night at our old standby: Wal Mart in North Platte, NE. We arrived here on Friday. Pat's brother, Jeff and his wife Julie arrived on Friday as well. We are staying at Pat's cousin Jeanne and her husband Bill's house in the bus.

We love to visit Iowa any time, but especially this time of the year. The heat of the summer and the cold of the winter are forgotten for a while and the great seasons (spring and fall) are fantastic. The photo below is the view we see out of the bus windshield. The photo does not begin to do justice to the amazing landscape.

View out the front of our bus

It has been very hectic since we arrived. Saturday and Sunday we did quite a bit of visiting with relatives. Sunday we celebrated Pat's aunt Jaris' birthday at the nursing home. We got to visit with a large number of friends and relatives. Jaris had a ball.

On Monday we took a great tour of the area including visiting some of the bridges of Madison County (see photo). This is scenery was wonderful and it was a great day.

One of the Bridges of Madison County

The weather here has been very cool. Indeed, it is generally cooler than Evergreen. Most of the nights have gotten into the lower 40s and it has been as low as 37 one evening. We even put an extra cover on the bed to stay warm. That said, the days have been comfortable most of the time.

Pat has been working on Genealogy with Jeanne. We have visited several cemeteries to find grave stones of some of her ancestors. We again visited the house where her dad was born. The people who live there are very welcoming and they both have fabulous collections of all kinds of things. The house has been extensively remodeled, but part of the original house is still evident.

I have had to spend some time getting parts shipped in to fill a nice order. I have made a change to my system and had to have some brackets made here in IA. Fortunately, there is a great manufacturing company in Corning (where Pat was born and about 10 miles from here). I have had them do some work for me in the past, but they outdid themselves this time. The brackets are very nice looking and they did them the same day.

Bill and I have done some project work here at the farm (I love to help in any way I can) and I have been able to get a few things done on the bus and service truck that did not get done before we left.

That is all for now.