Leaving our friends at the cranberry farm, we traveled to Oshkosh, Wisconsin to meet a friend of Mom’s who once lived in our hometown of Henryetta, OK.  Mom had not seen Sue in over 30 years.  They spent most of their time laughing.

The next morning we stopped by to see Colleen Lambrecht and her Scotties, MacDuff and Roosevelt.  We got some good exercise playing in her yard.  Then we continued on the Door County to our rental on Whitefish Bay, the Linger Longer.

This is our first view of Lake Michigan from the cottage.

The cottage was a cute A frame right on the shore of the lake.  VRBO (Vacation Rental By Owner) once again does not disappoint.

Of course, its best feature was the wall of windows for water watching.

This is my (Indy) favorite place.  I love laying on top of the sofa looking out all the windows.

These chairs are handy for bird watching.  We have seen gulls and teals.

The kitchen/ dining area is nice too.

There are three bedrooms.

There is plenty of room out side for us to walk too.

We are going to enjoy staying here.  Join us this week for our Door County Fall Adventure. ~ Indy and Lucy

The weather was quite cool in Wisconsin this morning.

It was a glorious fall day though, perfect for a visit to a cranberry farm.

Our friend Debbie invited us for a personal tour of her cranberry bogs since she knew we would be traveling her way.  It was a wonderful time.  We made all kinds of new friends.

Connie and Seamus

Kathy, Tiffany and more Scotties

Our parents had an informative tour of the bogs.

Saw wolf tracks

and deer tracks

Wild turkeys too.

We had a great lunch of a big pot of soup, homemade dill pickles, cranberry relish; it was all delish.  Cake, did we mention cake?

It was a memorable day.  Thank you Debbie for welcoming us into your home and Connie for getting us there.  Your hospitality was much appreciated ~ Indy and Lucy

After a good rest, we were on the road again.

  As we were driving north Dad, noticed the name of a town and zipped off the exit.  Mom found directions to where we needed to go and we ended up here:

a cornfield in Clear Lake, Iowa.  In the early morning hours of February 3, 1959, three young recording artists, Buddy Holly,  JP Richardson,”The Big Bopper”, and Ritchie Valens, ended their rock n roll careers in this cornfield when the plane in which they were flying crashed. They were on a Winter Dance Party Tour performing across the Midwest. Plagued by cold tour buses and flu, Holly decided to charter a plane to reach their next venue.  After playing the Surf Ballroom and despite deteriorating wintry conditions, the three of them along with their pilot, Roger Peterson, took off only to crash a short time later.

We had to walk a quarter of a mile through a cornfield to pay our respect.

Buddy Holly, age 22, was a central figure in the mid 50s rise of the genre of music known as Rock n Roll.  He wrote, recorded and produced his own material and was a major influence on later popular artists: the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Elton John.

” Everyday, it’s a getting closer/Goin faster than a roller coaster/Love like yours will surely come my way.’  Simple lyrics, simpler times.

Keep It Simple! ~ Indy and Lucy