10-19 to 20 Mount Vernon-Tired Student-Burning Farmhouse

October 19-20, 2015, Mount Vernon, Iowa

We arrived at the Sleep Inn in Mt. Vernon, Iowa without difficulty. We were unable to reach our son Rollin by phone--but he was in his dormitory at 10th Ave. Rollin looked terrible, the effects of weeks of intense study and a looming final exam. He was typing away the paper for creative writing. He was two days away from his final exam when this picture was taken.

We stayed an extra day to cheer him up, got him some clothes, and had dinner with him a couple of times. He seemed much happier by the time we left.

We usually don't travel further west than Iowa in a car. Tomorrow we take the plunge into the unknown. I have not taken car trip cross-country since I was five years old, and Anne has not taken such car trip in over 20 years.

Trip was uneventful, except for the burning farmhouse we passed on the way out of town;

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