Wow right now we're having a hell of a storm.. Excessive wind, sheets of rain..its horrid!! Lol. But IIII love it Anyway, this morning I woke up at 7 and then had to wake my mom up. We left town shortly after 9am. My headphones suck, okay..I need new ones. I mean, I had it up to 9 and it wasn't hurting my ears or anything. Maybe I'm going deaf. Anyway, got to Dubuque sometime near 11..wandered around a bit trying to find the Museum. Ummm its called the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium. Woo so we got there and got stickers and I didn't really udnerstand what we were doing..but anyway it's this big museum and then there's aquariums all over.. There's a particular duck I saw that I really like. Haha. The Bufflehead or something like that..haha. Well saw a bunch of creatures and stuff. Did a lot of reading about the Mississippi River and Steamboats and other things. There was a steamboat outside, on the river and we went on it..it reminded me of the Navy Cruiser thing I went on in Washington, D.C. On this one, there were a lot of steps and they were pretty steep, but not as much as on the Navy thing. Also, on the Navy boat- SHIP- the steps were closer to the edge of the boat so you thought you woudl fall overboard. Lol. There were otters and other things. A giant grizzly bear (stuffed) was in someroom with the lights off so the little kids were all screaming while they went in there and lights were flashing and stuff. I saw some lizards. Hahaha. Not minilizards, but lizards nonetheless. So then we had lunch at an old Train Depot. Heh.. Got a cookie, too. Ummm continued a bit, went to the gift shop then left. We went to the locks. My mom hasn't been there..well I dunno if she's ever been there. But my grandparents took me there a few times. I love it, 'specially when a barge is going through. Got there, and I was shocked. You see, the last time we had come there was pretty soon after 9/11 and it was closed for security reasons. Well. There, there is a observation deck sort of thing, and beyond that is a parking lot...now, things are fenced off to the left of the | below on my map... the \_/ represents the deck. ------------------|--------------- ------------------\_/------------- When going down the stairs, it plits tot he left & right. If you choose right, you NOW walk into a barbed wire fence. Barbed wire everywhere. You used to be able to walk past the deck (to the right), and walk up to the water's edge where the locks ended. Now you can't and it sucks!! Oh, yeah, the terrorists are gunna attack via the Mississippi River..that's the dumbest idea I ever HEARD! So anyway we wandered a bit then left since there were no barges around. Driving home there was a crazy guy going 100 mph, he was passing in no passing zones, going up hills and on curves. MORON. Dinner time, cya.

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