It has been an indulgent weekend in Cedar Rapids, Iowa – visiting with Warren, Catherine, Alexander, and Gunther. Apparently, I was looking a little puny to Warren because he spent most of the weekend fattening me up. He cooked Fettucine Alfredo, steaks, waffles, and more. I am going to have to move the seat back from the steering wheel to fit in the car.
As for the car, she is on the lift in the local Jeep service bay. She needs an oil change and I had them look at the blinking "check engine" light since I am now in lower altitudes. She needs new O2 sensors and will be ready to hit the road by noon tomorrow. By the time I return to Charleston, she will have had every moving part replaced.
While the Jeep was "getting a little work done," Warren and Catherine took me on a tour of Cedar Rapids.
Small town surprise. The Veterans Memorial Building contains this magnificent stained glass window designed by Grant Wood. The soldiers depicted at the bottom represent the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish American War, and World War I – all of the conflicts in which the U.S. was involved until the window's installation in 1928.
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| The model for the figure in the middle is Grant Wood's sister, Nan Wood Graham. |
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| Museum dedicated to the Cold War in the Veterans Memorial Building |
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| House boats in Ellis Harbor |
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| Czech Village in the NewBo district, where Warren added even more to my waistline with kolacky cookies. |
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| Can someone tell me who this is? |
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| A boy and his dog |
Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E Minor op 72 – Antonin Dvorak
Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma
Today's Gratitude
dogs
a good night's rest
my iphone
Griffin, always
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