Moving On

Yesterday, we took a drive up to Fort Madison, IA and back down thru Nauvoo to Keokuk, IA. The museums in Fort Madison close Labor Day, but we had an interesting visit. We stopped at the visitor center and visited with the little old fellow there. He told us about the history and some fun facts. Roy Rogers and his troup would come thru on the train going east and they would stop a few days to rest up the livestock. One of the trips thru the locals had the idea of asking him to perform and this started their big rodeo days.

We also got to visit with the director of the Ft. Madison, he is the only paid employee for the fort and allowed to work only 25 hrs. to keep up this attaction which is only open in the summer. He was at the fort cleaning up after their last program the candle light program. The fort was flooded for the month of June, and he has had a time getting the fort repaired and then free from raccoons and mice. The riverboat in the pic, was a casino last year but now only the raccoons are having fun on board.

We moved on this morning, we are in Rantoul, IL tonight. We are at Prairie Pine RV, this is the sign at the entrance. It used to be part of the Air Force Base that used to be here. Tomorrow we will probably visit the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum and rest a little. Then move on Wed.