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| Aunt Katherine I was six years late getting there But it sure was worth it |
We are grabbing Amtrak in La
Crosse to repay a personal debt.
The twin sister of my
former mother in law and her late husband Harvey were extremely cordial to me in my youth.
They live in Ferryville, which used to be in the Guinness Book of World Records
for being the largest town with only one street. Then in the 80’s a guy from Chicago bought some
property up on the bluff and had a road putt in. Uncle Harvey was the Gentleman's Gentleman and when he passed
in 2008 I was unable to attend, just having had a hip replacement. The following
year I had my first cancer surgery, and this is really the first travel we have
done, regardless of the fact I had a second surgery last summer that turned out
to be much more threatening than the first. In 2004 we attended the 50th
wedding anniversary of my Ferryville former relations and relished trying to
explain it to the 400 folks gathered in Prairie (they say Ferryville was empty
that day) . Good people are the most important thing to me in the world, and
stopping to see her for eve an hour means a lot to me.
We will either stay in Ferryville
that night or go up to La Crosse. Gives us time to relax . We emailed the Grandview Inn to check on
room availability. It would have been easier to stop in Davenport,, or maybe my
old College town and just come up the next morning, but I can handle 700 miles
in ten hours asleep. And that way we could spend as much time with Katherine
the next day.
The visit was wonderful, and we
enjoyed her cooking. She is 80
something, looks 60 something and acts 40 something. What an awesome lady.
Two Charming Ladies
The Grandview
True to it's name
Complete with a fish cleaning shack !
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