http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Illinois/Toulon/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Illinois , Toulon en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:03:18 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:03:18 UTC It's our last evening in Toulon. Tomorrow we head out for Iowa.Yesterday we visited the Toulon Cemetery and in the afternoon headed for the Reed Hotel in La Fayette. This is the hotel that my Great Aunt Vivienne and her husband Charles Reed ran for several years. The poor old building was so overgrown that at first we could not find it for the trees weeds and vines. After knocking on a fr http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Illinois/Toulon/blog-297273.html It's our last evening in Toulon. Tomorrow we head out for Iowa.Yesterday we visited the Toulon Cemetery and in the afternoon headed for the Reed Hotel in La Fayette. This is the hotel that my Great Aunt Vivienne and her husband Charles Reed ran for several years. The poor old building was so overgrown that at first we could not find it for the trees weeds and vines. After knocking on a fr http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Illinois/Toulon/blog-297250.html We're safe. hot humid and having fun. We'll talk to you tomorrow http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Illinois/Toulon/blog-296802.html This will be short it is hot muggy buggy and tired out tonight.We left South Bend Indianna this morning in Eastern time and arrived in Toulon Illinois in Central time. There was a hot wind all the way in which was not a problem in the air conditioned truck but a problem when we got out. It also made most of my planned breathtaking shots of corn into green blurs. While my second cousin Ca http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Illinois/Toulon/blog-296319.html This morning the song of Bob White Bob White Bob White was back again. There is a huge wind chime outside my window that bongs rather than trills. It is so quite hereeven quiter than back home in Auburn. The breeze is up and my curtains are billowing I simply cannot believe that I am going back home today. Once I start trying to stuff all of my Illinoisdirty laundry into my suitcases it http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Illinois/Toulon/blog-179274.html There are some days that just don't work out at all like they were planned. Today was one of them. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Illinois/Toulon/blog-179036.html I picked Cay up and we headed out to Kewanee because I had spotted a Java Hut oh the luxury of a lattee. It was an interesting place the girl at the counter asked if wanted to tan to get a haircut or How ingenious to have a day spa tanning hair piercingand tattoo salon with a coffee bar and the receptionist was wearing a pirate eye patch..... Oh if only I would have had more time http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Illinois/Toulon/blog-178208.html Okay now I know about humidity. We had thunder lightning and downpours today. It cleared midmorning and I went to the graveyard to take pictures and just have some time to spend alone. By the time I walked from my car to the row of Maxfield tombstones I was totally drenched I would say in my own sweat but I think that women are supposed to glow. Anyway despite the fact that I felt that http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Illinois/Toulon/blog-177868.html We travelled out to the land where the Maxfield School had once been. The master of genealogy Don Schmidt told me that under all the overgrowth there was a slanted top rail on the fence. He would walk to schoolby this time his family had purchased the school as their hometrying to balance on that top rail. The field is now planted in soy beans. Don's mother Dorothy joined us for lunch and http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Illinois/Toulon/blog-177439.html Did you know that Bobwhite Quail actually say Bob White Bob White Bob White And did you know that they start saying Bob White at about 6 AM It is actually a surprisingly wonderful way to wake upeven though my body thinks that it is 4 AM. It was also hard to sleep much longer when I realized that today would probably be the most important genealogy day of my trip. Today I was going out t http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Illinois/Toulon/blog-177306.html Peoria to Indian Creek Vineyard and the Chateau I made it to Peoria and my luggage even arrived in the general time frame that I did. I had to wait around for it a bit so the ticket counter lady gave me a couple of food vouchers every time I turn around someone at Delta is giving me a food voucher. Shortly thereafter sitting in The Hangar I believe it was called restaurant and surveying th http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Illinois/Toulon/blog-176983.html