Today (Labor Day, Monday) we say goodbye to the Mississippi and seriously head east to Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Actually yesterday when we arrived from Rochester into Winona, we took the bridge next to our hotel into Wisconsin for lunch. We are in a small motel called AmericInn (I feel a little funny about them not spelling out America). We have a tiny balcony that holds 2 chairs overlooking the Mississippi river. We sat out there and talked to the many motorcyclists parking below and touring the roads… You can drive a long way up and down the Mississippi on small roads which is nice. Today we head east to a town on another body of water… Lake Michigan. We met two ladies from the Maritime Museum there who offered to show us their submarine the USS Cobia. Looking back… yesterday we visited the Minnesota Marine Art Museum here in Winona. A small museum with a brilliant exibition that is here from August 6 to October 20 of this year. Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Gospel. The Benedictine Monks at the St John’s University in Minnesota decided to produce an illustrated Bible and chose a brilliant calligrapher and artist out of Wales (Donald Jackson.) If you get the chance… look on the web and even purchase parts of the Bible (it is reproduced in smaller forms than its original and you can purchase for example, Gospels and Acts, Letters, Revelation, ect.) The original is 3 feet by 2 feet when open and it is amazing colors enhanced by much Gold. Images of God and angels are gold… UknowWho is in darkest ebony and purple colors…  Ended the day with a stroll along the Mississippi and will begin today with a short jaunt along the banks of the river before crossing her for the last time this trip headed east. Love to you and God bless you.
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