FRIDAY DAILY

DRIVE THROUGH THE MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK AND  AFTER  A SHORT DISTANCE, LOOK FOR A LITTLE SIGN DIRECTING YOU TO BLUFF LAKE.
WHEN YOU SEE THIS BARN, GO PAST THE BARN YARD ON A WINDING GRAVEL ROAD, AND OVER THE HILL, IS ONE OF IOWA'S MOST POPULAR AND WELL KNOWN RESTAURANTS.
BLUFF LAKE CATFISH FARM RESTAURANT.

THERE IT IS.... A JACKSON COUNTY TOURIST ATTRACTION, SERVING FISH, CHICKEN AND ROAST BEEF.   AS YOU CREST THE HILL YOU'LL SEE BELOW,
4 LONG LINES OF CARS.      ON SUMMER DAYS, YOU CAN SIT OUTSIDE WAITING FOR YOUR TABLE.    OR VISIT THE GIFT AREA,

THE INSIDE WAITING AREA.

HERE, THE SUNKEN BAR AREA AND MORE TABLES FOR SEATING
AROUND THE BAR AND OVERLOOKING THE LAKE.

KAREN  WELLS,  IN HER 28TH YEAR AS A WAITRESS.

AT LEFT IN HER KITCHEN, LINDA WELLS, OWNER AND COOK.    HER DAD
FORMED THE LAKE, AND STARTED THE RESTAURANT AND SHE HAS MADE IT
WHAT IT IS, A RESTAURANT THAT IS ALWAYS VERY BUSY.    HER SON IS A CO-OWNER AND A MANAGER.   IT IS OPEN FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ONLY.   YOU MAY HAVE TO WAIT A HALF HOUR, OR FULL HOUR, OR MORE...BUT IT'S WORTH IT.
BLUFF LAKE BRINGS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO JACKSON COUNTY
EVERY YEAR.    WITH LINDA, A KITCHEN EMPLOYEE WHOSE NAME I MISPLACED.
AND WHEN YOU VISIT BLUFF LAKE, YOU WILL LIKELY SEE DEER.     KEEP AN
EYE OUT FOR THEM AND HOPE THEY KEEP AWAY FROM YOUR CAR.

ALADDIN STARTS TONIGHT AT THE VOY THEATRE AND THE 61 DRIVE-IN.

I VISITED MY BROTHER GERALD AND WIFE BETTY YESTERDAY AT THEIR HOME, AND WHERE I WAS BORN, IN HORICON, WISCONSIN.     THOSE JOHN

DEERE GARDEN AND LAWN TRACTORS YOU SEE EVERYWHERE ARE MADE THERE.

HORICON IS A TOWN OF 3,800 PEOPLE WITH THE JOHN DEERE FACTORY

THAT EMLOYS AROUND 1,300.    

DENNIS VOY