Off to Meet the Ancestors

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Here is the town of Toulon, Illinois as it appeared in 1925. According to my second cousin Cay “there are only 1,400 people honey: it hasn’t changed all that much.” When I tell people that I am leaving the foothills of California to spend a week in Illinois in July, the reaction is pretty universal: “Are you crazy? Do you know how hot/humid/big the bugs are there?” Cay assures me that there are paved streets, automobiles, air conditioning, and “ we even have indoor plumbing!”

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Comments

[caitlin]

perhaps the most relevant question to ask
(at least for the sake of this blog) is: do they have The Internet?

[Lisa]

Fantastic!
Max, I hope you have a GREAT trip and I look forward to hearing about it through the blog.

[John]

Brilliant writing, indeed!
Test of the comment section of TravelBlog...

[Great Aunt Cora]

Of course, my silly pumpkin girl!
I did check and found out that the Bed and Breakfast where I will be staying has HIGH SPEED internet connection-I had to find that out to be able to rationalize the expense of a laptop and I figured it would be a little bit necessary for the blog. Look, my sweet child! Your momma is entering the 21st century-aren't you proud?

[Great Aunt Cora]

AHA!
I finally found out where the comments go! And thank you so much for your estemation of my writerly skills.