Rest day in Dyersville

In the morning I cycled into downtown for a haircut and browsed around. They have a beautiful Basilica there. The barber told me that the flood waters had come up to the second set of steps on the Basilica. It is a miracle that it was spared and even with the water the downtown fared better than Waterloo.

In the afternoon we went to the National Farm Toy Museum. We got a prelude with a real tractor parked next door to our motel and the restaurant we ate at.

This tractor was wooden outside.This (below) was one of the first toy tractors collectors could get. It was made by the Ertl toy tractor company in Dyersville.There were TONS of toy tractors....two full floors full in a very large building.A Ford for Denny,A Caterpillar for Lou...And an International Farmall for Bob...

Gotta run. Map meeting time. Enjoy. Drop us a line if you get the chance. Most of you have our email address. And have a wonderful summer. We are.

Fred and Sandy.