My cousin, who lives in Davenport, Iowa just graduated (Go Kristi!) so my mom and I decided it was high time to take Elizabeth to Iowa to meet some of her extended family. My brother and I were born in Iowa and we lived there till....geez I think we officially moved south in 1981. So while I have no real memories of living there, I have a very fond affection for the town and just Love some aspects of it..food, historical homes, a lot of the town is civil war era, Von Maur (recieved my package today thank you very much), food, May and October (haha)
So my main concern of the trip was Elizabeth's first plane ride and she was soooo excited. I happened to snap her face just when the plane took off
She was extremely well behaved and did NOT kick a seat ahead of her, which was seriously my main concern. She did need a lot of distraction and thought it was a great idea to want to be on the wing of the plane. When we switched planes in Atlanta I bought her the biggest cookie I could find, just to keep her mouth full.
So we finally landed in Moline, Ill, which is part of the Quad Cities and just a quick hop over the Mississippi and we were in Davenport.
Mom says the bridge is a mile long but it seems like it just goes on forever.
One of our first stops was to visit the old neighborhood and show Elizabeth her grandparents old house and where I lived for a very short while. She didn't care. But she did seem to really like Prospect Park and was just loving the wild flowers. The park is to the right of our old house and the homes just circle the park overlooking the river...so sweet and beautiful. I think the reason why I like the town so much is that I rarely visit other than May or October, two of the best times to visit.
I will have to continue with the update tomorrow, lots of cute pictures to show...
I just stumbled across your blog when googling houses in Davenport. My family lived at 812 Bridge Ave from 1977-1982 (moved to Florida). We just took a family trip back this weekend to walk down memory lane for the first time in 32 years. Oddly enough, the house you are saying you lived in, my best friend Beth lived in too! I wonder if your family sold it to them in 1981? Gillespie was their last name. What a small world! The historic homes in Davenport are my favorite and Prospect Park is still as beautiful as ever.
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