Day 3

Today we head for Osage, IA. We continued west on route 18to the Mississippi River. We thought we had plenty of time in our schedule but after two 20 mile detours for road construction on route 18, we had no extra time left. As we came into Prairie du Chien we got behind this truck.

I don't think you could go a mile in Reading like this till you would get stopped!

Here is the great Mississippi River

We wanted to stop at Debra’s cousin Shirley (Wenger) Sadler close to Osage,IA. We got there about 12:30 and visited till 2:00. They were planning on leaving for PA at 7:00pm

Phil, Shirley Sadler and family.

From there we headed a few miles north to Neil and Susan Martin. Neil is a farmer and Sue is a police woman working for Mason City, IA.

I helped Neil on the farm and Debra went along with Sue to work Friday night 11:00 pm-7:00am. They had a very busy night. The police had to book 7 to the County Jail that night. For more details make sure you talk to Debra.

I got to drive their Mini Cooper S (super charged).

Neil and Sue Martin (Sue is trying to stay awake after a very long night)