Isn't it a beautiful area?  I love driving the Iowa side both to the QCUSA and Dubuque.  They talk about how beautiful the New England fall colors are, but I can't imagine anything prettier than that area in the fall.  I love watching the barges go up and down the river and could hear the caliope on the Delta Queen from my house when I was a kid.  My goal in life it to be a snow bird and return to that area for most of the year.  If I ever get these kids through college, I can start thinking about that happening! 

Have you ever driven up to Gutenburg and St. Donatus?  I love that drive also.  We used to camp at Gov. Dodge state park up in Dodgeville WI too.  It's a pretty park, or it was 25 years ago when I camped there.

:J

Hi I'm Cathy from Virginia Beach, VA. I'm in my late 40's & have 3 kids Shannon 23, April 20, & Ryan 17. I also have lots of animals here (mostly dogs). I'm a wahm with a craft business.

I grew up here at the beach but spent lots of time in WV as my kinfolk were from there. Mostly Athens but also Bluefield, Princeton, Hinton, White Sulphur Springs, Beckley & Charelston.

I currently still have kids still at home & am caring for  my elderly, disabled mother but when I no longer have family obligations keeping me here, my goal is to have a little log cabin on a lake in the country of NC. Not quite a farm, but still country

Cathy