This was a treat of a day, we had planned a route to bypass a Detour and ended up meandering through lots of little towns. One was called Independence, where I took pictures of an amazing front yard that had a Halloween-attack and was magnificent in its spookiness. We popped into the local library and chatted to two charming ladies who were generous with bookmarks. Amy had moved to the town 5 years ago from Texas and has family in the area.
A few towns along, the trees had been decorated with loo roll. We think from students in local schools.
We stopped at a local farm where we walked through many varieties of pumpkins. the strangest of which are Peanut Pumpkins which are quite warty. the farm had been in the family for three generations. Mary was behind the counter and suggested we visit a park which overlooks the Mississippi river which she sweetly described as her happy place.
Tomorrow we continue our adventure south.
