A Lazy Day in Dubuque

Sometimes it's important to sit back and smell the roses--and that's what we did today. We spent the morning watching tree-filled islands go by from our perch in the Sky Lounge on our riverboat. It was peaceful and quiet. We were scheduled to get to Dubuque Iowa a little after noon, and we were on time. Lunch was being served in the main dining room, but we opted for lunch at the Lounge. All too soon it was time to go on our excursion--we looked at each other and said "no--I don't want to go." So we didn't go. Instead we spent a couple of hours on our veranda looking at the birds, trains, and water traffic. It was great. Not a care in the world..just looking at the changing scene in the water. Every so often a tall boat would ply the river and the old iron bridge would rotate to let the boat thru.

The river is wide in Dubuque. There are homes (vacation or otherwise) along the hillsides overlooking the river. Trains speed up and down the tracks delivering their unicargo of coal, grain, or gravel to points unknown. It's been a quiet Friday on the river. This is turning out to be a very nice vacation.