This business has changed hands many times.

It is on Hwy 14 and started as an antique shop, then a buy and sell thrift store, and now it seems to be a place to buy and rent canoes and kayaks. 

A Business on the Highway that I never noticed before. Anyone need any gravel or dirt?

Not only does this gas station have good food! There is a bar that is open on the weekends!

Believe it or Not this gas station has homemade pies! and other homemade Specials every day! Love it!

A Good Place for a Buffet

It's That Time of Year Again!

Happy Thanksgiving MMM

An Establishment Along Hwy 14

Abandoned train cars

More Landscape of Villa Louis

A Little History of the Area

The Grounds of Villa Louis

Downtown McGregor IA

A view of the hills of McGregor IA on the Mississippi

My Father's Birthday. Always on my mind.

My daddy and me

Jerome Fawcett  November 26, 1922 - May 12, 1952

A view of the Villa Louis Grounds

A view of the architecture of the Villa Louis Mansion

A view of the Villa Louis Mansion from the offices of Hercules Dousman

The fur trading office of Hercules Dousman

This building on the grounds of Villa Louis was the office of Hercules Dousman and there is a billiard room in this building! 

Happy Birthday Grandma. I miss you,

Our tour guide to the Villa Louis Mansion

The Great River Road

Villa Louis Visitor Center

Villa Louis Visitor Center is built on stilts because the Mississippi River has flooded this area many times.  My only concern was "how do the handicapped get up there"  I guess getting older makes me think of these things. There is handicapped parking, but no elevator or ramp.  Hmm.

Is this a joke or has anyone else heard of it?

 

I was told by my traveling partner that if you spit into the Mississippi River you will have good luck!  So we did! I hope it works!

Along the Mississippi

Mississippi River looking toward Marquette Iowa

The bridge on the far left is how you cross into Marquette Iowa from Prairie du Chein, WI.

Mississippi River in the Fall

The Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien

Fall has fallen

A Touch of Color

Lots of Yellow