MONDAY DAILY

THE MAIN AND PLEASANT STREET INTERSECTION WAS CLOSED TODAY.   
NOW, THE TRAFFIC IS DIRECTED TO EAST-WEST MAPLE STREET.    YOU
CAN STILL DRIVE DOWN SOUTH MAIN IN FRONT OF THE GOODWILL STORE,
AND THEATRE, BUT WILL HAVE TO DO A U-TURN TO GET BACK OUT.

WE WENT FOR (CHICKEN-SHRIMP) SPECIAL LAST NIGHT AT BLUFF LAKE
CATFISH FARM.    AROUND 7 P.M. AND ONLY HAD TO WAIT A HALF-HOUR.
IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN THERE FOR AWHILE, THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF
WORK ON THE OUTSIDE "WAITING" AREA, LIKE THE PATIO (ABOVE) TO THE LEFT AS YOU COME DOWN THE HILL TO THE FRONT ENTRANCE.

ABOVE, FROM LEFT SIDE PATIO, A VIEW OF THE  PORCH ALONG THE DINING ROOM (PORCH NOT USED) AND TO LEFT, THE POND REFLECTING THE
TREES ABOVE.   THIS SPRING, THEY DRAINED THE POND, CLEANED THE
SURFACE AND DID SOME WORK AROUND THE SHORE OF IT AND IT LOOKS
MUCH BETTER THAN BEFORE.

ANOTHER VIEW  OF POND WITH REFLECTING TREES.   THEY ARE OPEN
FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAYS.   CHECK THEIR WEB SITE.    I HEARD
THEY SERVED OVER 900 MEALS ON FATHER'S DAY.    ONE OF THE MOST
UNIQUE (AND VERY BUSY ALWAYS) RESTAURANTS IN IOWA.      BRINGS LOTS OF VISITORS TO JACKSON COUNTY FROM THE SURRONDING AREA.  
STILL GET THERE ON A WINDING, HILLY ROAD, THAT YOU GET TO AFTER
GOING THROUGH THE CAVES STATE PARK AND AFTER GOING THROUGH
A FARM YARD.

ANOTHER NEW HOME GOING UP ON EMMA COURT IN MAQUOKETA.   IT
IS WHERE THE EMMA COURT APARTMENTS STOOD UNTIL THIS SPRING.

DENNIS VOY