7:30 PM - Between Omaha & Lincoln Nebraska, Just left the Holy Family monument. A giant church made of wood and glass. Really beautiful upon a hill. We stomped around. Carl tried to climb the giant crucifix made of metal. I fell in a hole. Driving away, I wondered how it must have looked from the freeway, Carl on that cross "God save me!". Tipping up rainbow lights. I hope I don't get the stigmata from those lambs ear leaves I took after Leo had already picked them.
We also stopped at "Freedom Rock" before we left the state of Iowa. Painted all patriotic with soldiers of different eras by a guy nicknamed "Bubba". It rained.
We stopped at a coffee/soda shop in La Claire on the Mississippi River. The best grape soda I've ever had. The balding eccentric behind the counter likes to decorate with items that would welcome everybody. Asian, Muslim, Whitey, a black angel. "People say I like weird things" He showed us a single bowl. H was amazed I knew what it was. Then a Korean street drum. "It looks like a gong, sounds like a gong, smells like a gong." Then he showed us these "Giant Rings". Back in the day from giants at a traveling circus. These rings are huge. He said you'd shake the hand and just pull them off. The giant would reach behind him and just put on another one. He refilled Carl's coffee and we took pictures of the gum collection under the counter built up over maybe 60 years! I think he liked us. He quoted Whitney Houston when he learned we liked music. An unexpected man.
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