From 38a1f0232279242f62678059405eeb0dcb09da9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Blaise Thompson Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2020 17:02:51 -0600 Subject: honda --- old/ThompsonNancyNielsen.tex | 72 -------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 72 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 old/ThompsonNancyNielsen.tex (limited to 'old/ThompsonNancyNielsen.tex') diff --git a/old/ThompsonNancyNielsen.tex b/old/ThompsonNancyNielsen.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 41928e0..0000000 --- a/old/ThompsonNancyNielsen.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,72 +0,0 @@ -\documentclass{book} - -\begin{document} - -2018 - -REPORT OF LACEY-KEOSAUQUA STATE PARK TRIP July 27 - 29 - -% for david's 60th birthday - -I found that some state park cabins were available at several places including Lacey-Keosauqua State -Park in Keosauqua. While the cabins usually only rent for a week’s time, one is able to rent them for a -weekend IF they are unoccupied at 8am on Tuesday of a particular week. We were able to rent cabin #2 -at Lacey-Keosauqua for Friday and Saturday nights. Susie and I had explored how to make the weekend -into a celebration of David’s 60th birthday. This was after Susie explored getting more of the -Thompsons together on the 28th. Unfortunately Susie determined that Mike and Lynne could not -participate due to health problems she was having. Mike also told her that about the only think Orv -likes to do is drive around in his truck. So it would have to be something for just the three of us. -This time the packing and preparation was a little more organized than the trip to the Red Oak Cabin. -David made a salad and I gathered home grown vegetables. -We left about 4:00 and were able to see RAGBRAI folks coming into town from Sigourney. We drove -down 218 and then switched over to Highway 1. Susie left from Davenport at about the same time. -We enjoyed the small towns and fields of corn and beans we passed by. We both arrived at the cabin at -about the same time. We unpacked and ate David’s salad made with rice noodles and various vegetable -toppings from our garden. Twinkie and Karaby had to get used to each other, but after about 3 hours -(when food was no longer being an issue) they spent quite a bit of time together rough housing. After -eating a marshmallow or two, we went to bed. While the cabins are very nice the beds are not too -good. They are futons. Putting them into the vertical position was hard and the futons themselves were -heavy and not very conforming. David slept in the truck. -Saturday morning we noticed that we shared the cabin with mice. We learned that we would have to -put food away better. David and Suzie fixed buckwheats and lamagoo. Subsequently we took a drive -around the park to get the big picture. At one point we stopped and took a short hike along the Des -Moines River. At the start point I noted that an Amish family was having a picnic breakfast. A car full of -men arrived later probably post farm chores. Along the hike we came to shelter #2 which has a lovely -view of the Des Moines River and was a classic CCC construction. We also drove into Keosauqua to -check that out. I wanted to look at the Manning Hotel which was built and owned by Brad Gilchrist’s -family for many years. Brad’s paternal grandmother was a Manning. It is located right along the Des -Moines River. On the outside there were marks on one of the pillars noting the height of the various -floods. The flood of 1943 was ~ 5 feet tall. We also looked at the inside which had old furniture and -wall paper. Brad’s father was born in this hotel- in the kitchen on a table. Brad’s father remembers -swimming in the lobby of the hotel in 1943 when the flood was so high that the lobby was flooded with -~5 feet of water. He would jump off the stairs to the second floor and swim in the water. The place is -now for sale. Hope it can be restored well. We thought we could have something to eat or drink so we -stopped at a place called Café Eat. David only wanted a malt and Susie only wanted a piece of pie but -basically we had lunch there. I had one of the best toasted cheese sandwiches I have ever had. It had -provolone cheese and a slice of tomato and red onions for filling. We again noted the presence of -Amish. Two buggies were seen- probably heading for a Misty Malt. David noted that the buggies were -equipped with cup holders for the front seat passengers. -Once back at the cabin, David and Susie went swimming, while I watched the dogs and took a nap. -Then we all went fishing in the lake within the park. It was Twinkie’s first time in a boat but she behaved -well. David caught and released several fish. Sometime on Saturday we played mancala. Susie and -David started and then I entered in. We have misplaced the gem stones which go with this game so we -used black beans which are a little too small. I hope to find the gem stones some day. For dinner we -had hamburgers. For dessert Susie fixed a pineapple upside down cake which was cooked in a skillet - -2 -over the fire. We all retired and were able to sleep in spite of the poor beds. It was a full moon but we -were too tired to take a good look at it. That night it rained heavily for a long time. -Sunday morning Susie fixed an omelet while I dressed and began packing. Subsequently Susie suggested -that we all take a stab at doing a 5 minute water color painting. Since Susie is taking an art class she had -the supplies and some basic directions. Naturally David’s painting was the best. It was a depiction of -the five of us in the boat fishing. Have a photo of it in the album. Unfortunately Susie got a water mark -on it in the process of taking it home with her. After cleaning the cabin we took a short hike on the way -out of the park. We also stopped in Keosauqua to see if the “open by chance” antique dealer was there. -He was not but we shared a little more Kringle and bid each other goodbye. David found the Racine Wi -Kringle at Aldi’s. It was very good. On our way home we stopped in Fairfield. A church service was -being held in park in the center of town. The service included preaching and a brass band playing -popular music from the 80s. Around noon we arrived back home and had time to nap, unpack and -regroup. An album of photos taken by Susie and myself is in Google photos. Some are labelled with -Blaise’s name but those are actually Susie’s. - -\end{document} -- cgit v1.2.3