John Deere Travel

On our way to Indiana this summer we stopped on the way in the Davenport, Iowa/Moline, Illinois area at the John Deere Pavilion. 

Since Jim is interested in all thing John Deere we wanted to see what they had to show. There were some old things to see and also some very new ones. There was the very newest combine there which has to be one of the hugest things I've ever seen.  I don't know why they have to be so big. It was more than twice as tall as Jim. A picture on my camera can't show the size. 

I probably enjoyed browsing the gift shop the most. We bought some new t-shirts for us and something for the new baby girl on the way.  This auger set up reminds me of the auger my brothers had.  We didn't have a grain bin, but we spent lots of time auger-ing up popcorn into some sort of wagon.

We had our supper at a cute little place just across the street...

...then walked by the Mississippi and took a Channel Cat ride down the river.

The next day we went on to our final destination, to see Lynette and Anthony.