We leave Omaha and enter into Iowa where we discover that all the rest areas on the interstate have wireless Internet - how cool is that? And progressive, too. But then we are talking about Iowa! We also encounter lots of wind turbine installations. And we find Harlan County! Wouldn't you know? After we just had been lamenting the lack of Kentucky names along the way!
At the Altoona IA McDonald's (and you have no reason now to understand why McDonald's is holding its own in the current economy!), a white Baby Grand player piano serenades us with songs from Mary Poppins. There is a fireplace with rocking chairs for our comfort, and the wall leading to the restrooms features a long in-wall aquarium. I'm not sure what is happening to the McDonald's decorating guidelines because when we reached Davenport IA and stopped at McDonald's, we found a mountain cabin motif complete with pine paneling, big wooden beams, rustic rocking chairs and a low table in front of a huge stone fireplace. Very interesting!
OK - we turned to James Lee Burke again to read "Cadillac Jukebox" - the last story.
And then we arrived in Marseilles IL at the home of our friends Richard and Joyce Bohannon. We met them on a train/bus tour of Mexico's Copper Canyon about five years ago. Since then we have visited them previously and they have visited us at the farm and we have met a third time in Springfield IL to tour the Lincoln Museum. We had a great visit with them! They are so conservative and we are so liberal and we respect each other's differences and have a great time together! We talked and talked, had a light and delicious dinner, and talked some more till we really had to sleep!
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