This group was in its element at the hotel but let me start at the beginning. The Andersons, Watts, and Evans picked up the Marshalls in Plattsmouth. After breakfast it was off to Red Oak where they missed meeting the Goldsmiths, Crattys, and Underwoods. Sue's phone conked out so they missed the O'Brians, too.
In Valisca, a tour of the Axe-murder house was scrapped in favor of the local museum which had a basement full of old cars. Everybody left behind later found us at the local cafe. Larry and Diane Underwood have a real nice MGA that developed big-end noise which prayer and STP did not help. Sadly, they were towed home and the eight remaining LBCs headed off to Creston and the local Dairy Queen.
Oseola had a nice Holiday Inn. Now they have something else. Until they figure out what to call themselves (other than what suggestions I overheard) they have no computers and everything is done longhand. We were assigned dirty rooms without linen or ones full of railroad workers.
By the time the Cerneys and Thietjes arrived around 7 P.M. this complacent band had solved all problems. The Railroad workers left.
Saturday we traveled to Knoxville. The National Sprint Racers Museum is located there. After some shopping and a tour of the museum we went to Pella via Red Rock Lake. We had lunch at the Strawtown Inn, a restored Dutch hotel. The authentic Dutch food and beer was excellent. There is a bar on the 3rd floor but the stairs are as straight up as a ladder. That afternoon we antiqued and ate our way through a real Dutch bakery. A modest 50-mile jaunt brought us to Albia and a restored downtown square for dinner.
Sunday we went to Francesca's house. You know the one from The Bridges of Madison County. We also toured the bridges. Vicky Grant and Marvin Marshall had a lengthy discussion of the morality of the plot and its effect on the two main characters over dinner and were able to expand on this during the tour of the house. It is still propped as it was for the movie and the aura of Francesca and Robert still lingers there.
If you saw the movie, this is a must-see. It was top-up for the trip home as it rained most of the way. If you missed this club event, you missed a great one.!
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