Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017 – American Gothic House, Eldon Train Depot Museum, The Dutchman

For our P-day we took a road trip and invited our grandson, Elder Kyle Johnson, to come along. We drove about 70 miles northwest to the town of Eldon, Iowa to see the “American Gothic House” featured in the famous painting by Grant Wood. 

The town of Eldon was a pleasant surprise. We toured the American Gothic House visitor’s center and had our picture taken at the “American Gothic House.” That was a lot of fun. After lunch we toured the “Rock Island Train Depot Museum. We didn’t even know it was there, we just stumbled on it by accident. It was very interesting and we enjoyed this little hidden surprise in Eldon. 

And speaking of Eldon, our grandson, Eldon Johnson turned 5 years old today. We also have another grandson with a birthday today, Carter Johnson; he is celebrating his third birthday today. We want to wish both of our grandsons a happy birthday.

Next our road trip turned south toward the town of Cantril, Iowa to go shopping at the Amish General store “The Dutchman’s.” This is our third time to visit the Dutchman store and we really enjoy the low prices and unique selection of items. I’ve become very fond of the locally produced specialty smoke flavored cheeses, Mmmm-Goood.

Our road trip today was particularly enjoyable because of the beautiful countryside we drove through and the colors of fall as the trees are turning to their autumn splendor, very pretty.