On to Iowa, visiting friends

On Sunday, after joining our church in Texas for morning service, 

we continued east into Iowa...

After a few hours of driving and enjoying the Iowa countryside,

We saw the turnoff for the town where our friends live, Curlew, Iowa.

Coming into Curlew -- it isn't a very big town anymore, as many of the farms have consolidated and fewer people live here.

Liz made us California Tacos -- Jerry was demonstrating the technique for combining the ingredients to make the ideal taco! Delicious!

Jerry showed us his outbuildings...

... including where he stores his motorhome in the summer.

Jerry and Liz live on the lot two doors down from our RV lot in the winter in Venture Out -- so they are Venture Out friends. They invited us to come visit their place in Curlew, Iowa -- don't invite us if you don't mean it, cuz we might just show up!

They took us over to West Bend, Iowa (to see The Shrine of the Grotto of the Redemption -- more on that in another post). Liz took a picture of us in a telephone booth (we didn't make any phone calls!).

A picture of Liz and me within the grotto

We realized that we had not gotten a picture of the four of us, so Carl set the camera up to get a picture just before we headed out on Tuesday... the camera was set on a low table, so it looks as if we might be floating up near the ceiling, but... we're not!

It was so great to get to visit with Liz and Jerry, to see Curlew and areas around it, and to get to know them better! Just 3.5 months before we all plan to be back at Venture Out!