But My Doctor Never Said...

This morning I spent an hour on my exercixe bike - Tomorrow I intend to start pedaling.

On The Waterfront

Since mostly finished with walking down the Duck Creek Bike Path I've now moved back to the river front. Started at the baseball stadium and went down stream. Didn't think we'd make it all the way to Credit Island but made a pretty good effort. Saw a lot of sea gulls,cranes and blue herons.

Looking into Credit Island with the club house for the golf course.

The railroad bridge over the Mississippi

Looking through the bridge at the arsenal bridge and Centennial Bridge

Blue Heron standing guard

Not really sure what this is all about. Its welded together. Some kind of object d art

If you put your nose to the screen you can see the bank building framed in the trees...or click and make the picture bigger.

Some the beautiful scenery on the side of the bike path

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Things That Go Bump In The Night

Got home from work tonight to find the street closed off by an ambulance and fire truck. I thought that the old man that lived across the street had another one of his attacks..Went the long way around and was parked when I saw what had happened. Now I asked around and was told that the car flipped twice and hit a parked car and pushed it into another car. The driver and passenger got out and walked away. Driver didn't want to go to the hospital and tried to walk away...Well run away because about this time Momma showed up..and Momma wasn't happy. Seems daughter borrowed her car and did THIS....Also the what I believe was a 17 year old female is going to have a great excuse for not turning in her algebra homework...Its all blowing down the street now..I haven't heard the why or how she flipped it but I'm betting that Momma ain't going to let her child anywhere near a car for a long long time.

this is from the newspaper

One person was injured late Thursday when the car she was riding in crashed into a parked vehicle and flipped onto its top, police say.
The crash occurred about 11 p.m. in the 1500 block of Iowa Street.
A witness to the crash, Tim Davenport, 21, who lives in a house near where the crash occurred, said the driver of the car was southbound on Iowa Street traveling at a high rate of speed.
Davenport said the driver lost control, slammed into a pickup parked on the west side of the street. The Sebring then flipped over onto its top.
Several females were in the vehicle at the time, police said. Debris from the Sebring littered the ground, and included an Algebra I notebook.
One of the females in the car was taken to Genesis Medical Center-East Rusholme Street, Davenport, for treatment of minor injuries.
"Look at that truck," Davenport said, pointing to the Chevrolet 1500 pickup that belongs to his neighbor, Tom Lott.
The back axle of the pickup was severely bent when the Sebring struck the back driver's side tire. The impact pushed the pickup a couple of feet into a minivan also owned by Lott. How much damage the minivan suffered was not known late Thursday.
Also, an Oldsmobile Cutlass Sierra, parked on the east side of the street and also owned by Lott, may have suffered damage, too.
"That's the vehicle I wish they would have totaled," said Lott with a chuckle as he pointed at his Cutlass. "We just got the truck a month ago."
Davenport said that, "Everybody speeds along here," he said of that portion of Iowa Street. "It's even more fun when it's icy."
The crash remains under investigation by Davenport police.

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Erin Feis 2009

Erin Feis
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Noon to 7:00PM

The St. Patrick Society of the Quad Cities hosts this grand Irish family festival. The day long festival commences with Mass and features food, drink, memorabilia, culture display, events for children, and an excellent array of Irish entertainment including top Irish musical groups and Irish dancers. Visit here for all the event details including a schedule.


Got down to the district to a cold rainy afternoon.It was almost like being in Ireland. We stopped off at one of the bars first to check out so exhibits. This was in the patio of the bar 2nd Ave. Someone took a lot of time and effort to paint this.

This is in the bar 2nd ave in the District.

Amazing metal works.

Flying of the green and red white and blue. This is a day everyone is a little bit irish...or a reason to drink.

Giving out the awards to a group of

one...but if you look off to the sides . There are all the people. under the awnings trying not to get wet.

Mary and her friend from Chicago Jim...er Jake Elwood.

Just enjoying the day.

The Lost Trail.

Continuing on the Bettendorf part of the Duck Creek Trail we started at Middle Rd and worked up stream to the place that the trail splits and I lost it. Well I didn't lose it I just took the way the ended in Duck Creek park instead of going on to the River. Old Lady Gimm,Care taker Jane and I walked 4.2 miles.



I'm never sure where the beginning is or what is up with the mile post
Calm and clear
Signs explaning what the plants are to help with erosion and to bring back what was once native plants
I think the thing on top is the design they must have once had for the bike path
The I 74 bridge over the trail.
the rules for walking or riding on the trail.
we get the hint.
someone got cute and made it a B....and we saw empites along the way
only these two made sense.

Kimberly Rd over pass. the only hilly place on this leg of the trail


checked the blood and it was a little low so I HAD to bring it back up.

Walking From the Devil

We ran out of river front walking so went back up to the Duck Creek bike trail. Started at Devil's Glen Park and worked our way west. Made it about 2 miles in.


We made it to a lookout area looking over Palmer Hills Someone didn't care that there was a little fence up of the cautions flags

Fooooorrrrreeeeee~!!!!!
Most of the bridges on the Bettendorf area of the walk are very plain.

Three miles from where?
Another one of the plain bridges.
An example of the chalk formations

The little park office building. Its made from stone taken from the creek

and we had to stop at Village Inn after the walk...French Silk this time
Care taker Jane...and Old Lady Gimm