Memorial Day Weekend - 2019

Memorial Day Weekend - We headed down to Burlington, IA to watch our brother-in-law, Steve, race at Snake Alley. What a beautiful day to watch the race! He did an amazing job!

After Steve raced, we left Burlington and headed further south along the river. Our first stop was in Montrose, IA. What a wonderful view of the Mississippi River!

A funny-not funny story with this picture. Just as I snapped this picture, Maddie swung the viewer around and smacked Will in the face. Took Will a while to recover from that one. It wasn't very pretty.

Lots of turtles in this little pond!

We left Montrose and headed to Keokuk, IA - first stop was Rand Park, overlooking the river.

Chief Keokuk

Some fun on the See-Saw!

Matt stopped filming as soon as the girls fell off. He didn't capture their laughs, but the pictures do show some of that.

Notice Will & Kaitee give hi-fives to each other!

While driving to lunch, we stopped at this little pocket park - Tolmie Park.

We ate lunch and then walked this boardwalk (converted from an old railroad track) above Victory Park and the river.

Maddie asked if we could stop back in Burlington on our way home. She was hoping to see the final race of the day (Pro Race). We stopped and enjoyed the last race.

Snake Alley straight ahead.

First lap for the pro race - pace car out front (first lap only).

A few laps into the last race - Matt took a video of them climbing Snake Alley.

We enjoyed our weekend with extended family - a girls' day out, birthdays, cornhole, lots of great food and laughter. We also celebrated our niece Kayla's graduation from high school. A big weekend!