Continually on the Road . . .

The last couple of days have been rather exciting! Saturday I decided I wanted to get the farewell card Celeste gave me framed, and I noticed a framing shop in town, so I figured I'd kill two bords with one stone . . . frame the card, and go gather info from the cemetery in Essex. When I got to the framing shop, the owner asked me what brought me to the area (seeing that I had Utah plates on my car) and when I told her I was gathering info for Geneology, she recommended I check out the local library because it had a ton of information about those who'd lived in the surrounding areas . . . needless to say I spent the day in Shannandoah, IA's public library, cemetery, and Essex, IA's cemetery. I got a bunch of information and work done, and got the card framed as well.



Here we have Kristina, Jami, Me, Celeste, and Johnny. The Iowa Idols. Only appropriate that I had it framed in Iowa, eh? This picture of my roommates and I display the often used house names we have for one another. Thankfully enough, Celeste is creative enough to make something beautiful out of our sick humor, and that I then was compelled to have it framed. We think we're so funny sometimes.

This morning I woke up in Des Moines, IA and tried to get to Church. Problem was that firstly, the directions I had to get to the Church was wrong, and secondly, there was a marathon going on in Des Moines that morning, so traffic was horrible. Needless to say, I got lost again in Iowa's Capital City, and I got to church an hour late. Of course, that is how Iowa is to me . . . generally evil. However the timing may have been just what I needed . . .

After Church I got on the free way and crused on over to Iowa City. I scoped out a cemetery there, and happened upon an Institute building while driving aimlessly around town. To make a long story short, I ended up getting in touch with the Geneology Specialist in the area, and we spent about three hours working on my family names there. It's amazing how I "just happened upon" that Institute building and the framing shop, eh? I don't think so. It was a power beyond just pure luck.

Now I'm spending the night in a Motel 6 in Joliet, IL. Looking forward to leaving tomorrow, and getting to Pittsburg.