8.25.2009

galena


to celebrate my birthday, we went on a weekend trip to the historic town of galena. galena's claim to fame: ulysses s. grant lived there when he was elected president.

we took a fun trolley tour around all the historic buildings and rented bikes to ride the wooded trail along galena river... turns out we could have spent about 3 hours there and done everything we cared to do. we don't like touristy kitsch. and we are not b&b people.



we got bored and drove around the rolling hills, where we discovered a waterfall. we also got bored and drove to dubuque, iowa. that was so uneventful, i can't believe i even mentioned it.

on the bright side, the place we stayed was once a weekend retreat for the soup nazi. he was kind enough to sign a headshot and a ladle to hang on the dining room wall.

NO SOUP FOR YOU!

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