Durant IA - Day 14

Well I finally found the combination of time and motivation to continue my story....

It was raining this morning (May 10) for my walk so I was in hurry up mode.

I noticed as we drove west from Peru that one of the fields was already planted. Tiny little green plants were poking out of the dark black dirt. The further west we go the more fields we see that are planted. Karen snapped this picture of a typical Midwest farm.

Princeton had some very nice homes with beautiful yards at right after the junction of US 6 and IL 26. We stopped in Annawan so Karen could look around in Emma's Bloomers (it's mentioned in our guide book). She said they had interesting things but nothing suitable for little Ruby. Since we will see Ruby today, Karen is in full search mode. So of course we also had to stop at C&S Antique Mall in Geneseo. The owner remembered the author of our guide, Stay On Route 6, coming into their place. Bob and I just hung out in the car while Karen shopped. She did find an April angel figurine for Ruby. Maybe now we can just make tracks.

Bob and Karen had lunch at Uncle Pete's Gyros in Moline. Then they stopped at the John Deere Pavilion. So much for making tracks. They said there were all kinds of machinery on display. One of the coolest was this tree harvester that walks on feet instead of rolling on tracks, one of only two ever made.

We are almost to the end of our planned trek on Route 6. We are stopping in Durant. Bob says we will do the rest later. Not sure how I feel about that and pretty sure I don't get a vote. Just before getting to Durant, we see this very cool Route 6 sign so had to get a picture of it and this welcome to Durant sign to document the end of this phase of my adventure.

We finally drove into Karen's sister Cheryl's driveway. I got to see all the family again as everyone including the neighbors came over for dinner. Great party. Karen got to hold Ruby. Jude and Karen played with me. Like my new do?