DAY 4

This was a "DOWN" day for us. We stayed at J.B. & Susie's home and visited for the day. J.B., Chuck, Jan and I went with Jim to a nearby Harley Davidson Service Center and dropped Jim's Motor in for its 20,000 mile service and a set of new shoes (tires). We returned to J.B.'s home and soon after, Bruce left us to go and visit his family in Cedar Rapids, IA. It was sprinkling when he left and we all wished him a safe journey. We all went back inside the house and talked about Bruce. :) What did you expect? We would have done the same thing no matter who left.

We sat around drinking coffee and talking all morning. We went to a restaurant named, "Corner Cafe" at about 12:30 PM. The food was good and when we had had enough, we returned to the house and sat around again, talked, drank coffee and talked about Bruce. It started to rain harder and it hailed for a short while. It continued to rain on and off. The later the day got, the harder it rained. We were hoping that it would rain hard today and tonight so that it would be done by the morning.

At about 7:30 PM J.B. and Susie took us to dinner to the Nationally known barbeque restaurant, Arthur Bryant's. We drove approximately 10 miles in the rain to get there, but it was worth it. The food was very good, the price was right and they served a lot. We returned home and guess what? We sat around, talked, drank more coffee and talked about Bruce? What did you expect? Let me be more specific. J.B., Chuck and I drank coffee.

Tomorrow we are hoping to leave and travel towards Chicago, provided that the weather is good to us. We will see. Soooooo, until tomorrow...