We had a busy day yesterday. We started out in Owtonna, Minnesota. We drove along the winding roads to Burr Oak, Iowa where the Ingalls family lived for a time and ran a small hotel. This is not in any of the books but is the only place where Laura lived as a child that is still standing in the original spot. It was a nice little museum and the tour guide told the story of the Ingalls family and their travels.
From Burr Oak, we drove along the Mississippi River to Pepin, Wisconsin. We arrived in Pepin just as the museum was closing but the very nice lady there allowed us to come in and buy a few souvenirs. After that we drove out to the Little House in the Big Woods. It has been recreated in the spot where the Ingalls family lived in a log cabin and where Laura was born. It is empty and is unattended so had no specific closing time. Corn fields had been planted over the site until recent years.
The proposed schedule was to spend the night in Wisconsin and drive to Madison today. Instead we decided to drive on through last night to sleep in a real bed. This morning Grandpa and Grandma Pat made Irish soda bread with homemade preserves. It's fun being treated for a change!
I'm going back to the last few days to add photos to Mom's posts.
