We are enjoying our second day/night at a State Park outside Dubuque, which is the border between Iowa and Wisconsin, which is where we'll be tomorrow ( Sunday ) night. The trip int town allowed us to visit the Shot Tower which is the only such structure West of the Mississippi. These were used to produce steel shot in the late 1800's for use as bullets as well as industrial use. We also took a ride up and down the Fenlon Place 4th Street Elevator. This is a funicular railway that is claimed to be the world's shortest and steepest such device. It is 296 feet in length and raises you up ( or down ) 189 feet from Fourth Street to Fenelon Place. We also went into a park overlooking the Mississippi River where two guys were fishing...a black and a white...very Southern looking in the Mid-West.http://picasaweb.google.com/192950A
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