After our very short Thursday we were ready to put good miles behind us. The wind had died down significantly and the day was quite pleasant in comparison. We were nearing the end of the Refuge land and small towns were becoming more common. We passed several throughout the day before stopping in Le Claire, IA.
The town had a very cute riverfront with a large park and visitors center. There was a covered pavilion where we refilled our water and plugged in the phones. We found a Casey's general store in google, but didn't realize it was just a gas station chain. Aaron wandered up there and got me a pair of gloves and some beverages, but there weren't any reasonably priced groceries. He tried the BP on the next block with no luck and found out there was a grocery store about a 1/2 mile further down the river. We decided to paddle that way and see if we we would have time to stop before making camp. We did see it as we passed by, but dusk was closing in and we weren't in desperate need of anything so we kept going.
Once again we camped just outside of a lock, number 14, at mile 494. The warm dry day we had decided to turn wet as we paddled up to camp, of course. It didn't rain hard, just enough to get us and our gear good and damp before bed. But, we made 28 miles and paddled through some pretty natural areas and saw some cute little towns.
For our history class followers, it looked like Le Claire and the quad cities have some interesting history. Aaron and I can't do much research out here, but if you guys would like to research anything we mention, please feel free to post what you learn on here. We, and the other people reading, would love to learn more about these things! Just a thought, if you have time... Oh, and we'll try and get more pics of Lilly playing. She really loves her Jolly Ball and to climb trees. She'll climb anything at an angle and has actually gotten stuck a couple of times and Aaron had to rescue her. Super cute.
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