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| Only 115 miles today and a nice scenic drive along the US151.....pretty wild flowers in abundance...cornfields in the background, it's getting higher !! |
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| Sightly different landscape, more rolling hills.... The last few miles were rather stressed as our campsite is in a remote area and the directional signs were rather lacking....Charmin' Garmin was confident but while towing a 38ft trailer and the road is getting narrower !!! Help was at hand, we woke a poor utility guy from his lunchtime nap in his truck who very graciously said yes we were on the right road..phew !! |
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| Tuesday 2nd August.... The Grotto in the small town of Dickeyville,WI.....it's one of the things we love about the small towns you never know what you will find... The Grotto & Shrines were built by Father Matthias Wernerus between 1925 and 1930 and dedicated to the unity of the love of God and country... |
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| Amazing....built in stone, mortar coloured glass, gems, shells and bright coloured objects.... |
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| Christopher Columbus... |
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| And across the Mighty Mississippi to Dubuque, Iowa... The City Hall.... |
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| Recommendation by the staff at the visitors centre to ride the Fenelon Place Elevator....a funicular railroad...for the view of the city, the Mississippi River and 3 states, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois..... Originally built in 1882 and rebuilt several times due to fire the last time in 1977...... It is claimed to be the world's steepest & shortest railroad... |
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| Good views even though cloudy......one of the many bridges and the tower of the St Raphael Cathedral....we had thought it might be a carillon tower as the ringing of the bells at midday were very reminiscent of the carillon tower at Bok Gardens, Florida...I did forget to mention that Madison has a carillon tower.... |
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| The city clock... We travelled up in the rail car with a lovely family from Chicago and had a good chat with them..... |
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| On to the Riverside Walk, a pleasant walk despite the heat (not complaining but in the 90's).... |
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| The Star Brewing Company...no longer brewing now a winery, craft beer tasting centre and restaurant... |
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| The Shot Tower and one of the last remaining shot towers in the US... This was a big lead mining area.....molten lead was poured from the top of the tower through various grills until the right sized shot fell into the water at the bottom of the tower... |
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| Barges are still an integral part of the Mississippi River... |
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| A tour paddle steamer passing through the "opened" rail bridge... |
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| We are in a "Tri State" area and had a recommendation to visit Galena in Illinois.....only a 13 miles easy drive... |
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| Being as it's the railroad alongside of the Mississippi River we are going for our song of today as Arlo Guthrie's great song City Of New Orleans... |
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| Lovely historic town of Galena, we had a good walk about and would have gone to the dam & locks a few miles farther on but need to get home and get ready to move on tomorrow to Missouri.... For now... The Sightseeing Campers.... |
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