Everybody knows a good Road Trip starts with ROAD FOOD. We are living in a time when CONVENIENCE STORES RULE.
In our area, we benefit from the serious competition between two different chains -- Casey's (an Iowa chain) and Kwik-Star (a Wisconsin chain).
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| We have landed squarely in the Kwik-Star camp!! |
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| Clean as a whistle -- fresh, hot food, delicious doughnuts, 99-cents for a dozen eggs, 39-cent per pound for bananas, potatoes and onions, $1.99 for a pound of butter. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE?? |
After we had our breakfast sandwiches (and doughnuts) situated in our laps -- we got ON THE ROAD.
I asked my official cellphone/Google map/navigator (Lilly) -- to plug in Ëagle Point Park in Dubuque for our destination.
Before we started to plan this Road Trip -- I didn't even know there was an Eagle Point Park in Dubuque. Since we just visited the one in Clinton -- I figured it would be fun to compare the two different Eagle Point Parks...
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| Our Google Girl said we would arrive in Dubuque in one hour and 15 minutes...PEERFECT... |
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| Lilly took this picture (with my new phone) |
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| It costs $1 per car to enter. No problem.... |
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| This Eagle Point Park has MANY STUNNING BUILDINGS. |
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| Along with the same STUNNING VIEWS of the Mississippi River |
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| In 1939, the Park Manager was a big fan of Frank Lloyd Wright |
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| And many of the improvements made at that time were influenced by his architectural style. |
The only convenience stores in the PNW are 7-11s, and they can best be described as seedy. In Hawaii, they are the ABC stores. Those are fun!
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