November 8, 2008

View of the day-The Plaza Antique Mall near the toy museum...not a place to go in for a "quick" look around...what a lot of stuff.

Al and Jeff wanted to make sure they made it back to Dyersville in time for the big auction...no time for breakfast today.

We got to the auditorium just as the first item had been auctioned off...a gold replica of the official farm show tractor and it went for $1300! The funds from the sale of that particular item are donated to the toy museum. While the guys watched for their "need-its" on the sale list, Marilyn drove back to Dubuque to get some shopping of her own in before going back to pick the guys up and checking out some of the private sales in "Toy Town".

We were disappointed that two of the places that we got to were just packing up for the weekend...we never got to see a thing from these displays...they were at the other end of town well away from the main buildings...an excuse to come back another time. We couldn't believe all the pedal tractors...or the price of them.

We were hoping to get back to Dubuque in time to see some of the sights along the Mississippi River, but the sun seems to go down so much earlier that we missed it again. We went out for supper then went back to the hotel to relax after walking quite a few miles today.

The cargo trailer still has some room in it...