June 14 Davenport, IA.

A baby robin was walking around and right into Tom's hand

It rained hard until about 10 this morning, so left then to walk around an older downtown area that was to have some cute shops, etc.  But, it's Monday, so all but one was closed!  Ate an early lunch and drove several miles of subdivisions in the old area and we were amazed at the blocks and blocks of gigantic homes from early 1900's, we'd guess.  Not the old Victorian style in lots of cases, but more square.  Can't imagine how so many people had money to build those houses.  Then the bigger, newer ones, that were still old, on the road on the riverfront.  Lumber was a big industry here then, so maybe people had money from that.  I am so glad Tom enjoys driving through subdivisions, too, and always wish my sisters and parents were with  us when we do.

We went to a museum that had a floor featuring Iowa history.  In 1880's a German immigrant came to Davenport and opened a pearl button factory because countless truckloads of mussels could be gotten from the Mississippi.  There were several factories here in the Quad Cities and another Iowa town, Muscatine, had 30 facilities making them to keep up with the demand for them in the late 1800's.
We watched Hubbel 3D on their IMAX.  It was really good and you should go if it comes to your town.  Our grandkids like watching the stars and constellations with Tom in the hottub.  They'd really like this.

We'll leave early morning tomorrow for the Amana Colonies for 2 days.  It stayed humid, 82 and overcast all day after this morning, but is supposed to rain here for the next 3 days.  It looks more clear over there on the weather map and we'll be doing a lot of walking, so hope so.

Jacque called to tell us Dalton (12) played (pitched a lot of the time) 6 games in traveling team tournament in Moses Lake this weekend and hit his first out of the park homerun!!!