Lansing to LeClaire book cover The second book went to the printer this week. Yea! This book will cover about 170 miles of Mississippi River real estate (on both banks) stretching from LeClaire, Iowa/Rapids City, Illinois to the Blackhawk Bridge at Lansing, Iowa. I'll have more to say about the book later.
I'm in La Crosse for an hour or so to catch up on some notes before driving another hour to meet up with friends. This being the first weekend of OktoberFest, the streets are packed with people walking from the Fest grounds to the downtown bars (and back). Amazingly, I haven't seen anyone fall down
Even when I have a bad day, my job now is infinitely better than sitting behind a desk, at least for me. I get to explore parks and public lands along the Mississippi, including many that are not well-known. Sometimes I find great views, sometimes a quiet place, but I usually can count on a
Last week I realized that the Davenport map in the Quad Cities guide book had a number of errors. This came to my attention when a potential vendor in Davenport informed me that they wouldn’t carry the book because the map showed their business in the wrong location. (Which really seems a bit petty to
Book number one is now in print and available. If you want to visit the Quad Cities—and why wouldn’t you?—check out my Quad Cities travel guide. If you are traveling a bit further north, say to Dubuque, Galena, Clinton, or Prairie du Chien, your book is coming, very soon, hopefully in time for fall foliage season.
I can't help myself. Maybe I have deep, unresolved issues when it comes to God and religion ("God is a loving presence...God is dead...No, God never was... God is just an absentee landlord"), but I just can't stop myself from visiting old churches ("Look at that lovely church; I wonder what it is like inside..."). I
