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| The Skunk River runs near Mount Pleasant. |
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| There is a small recreational area here. |
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| Allison - taking in the view. |
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| More of that taking-in business. |
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| Ditto. |
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| A picturesque bridge over the Skunk River. |
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| A closer view of the bridge. |
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| Dad and Connie by the car. |
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| Allison joins them. |
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| Connie decides to photograph me. |
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| A wide waterfall over a dam in the Skunk River. |
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| Wes's construction business which is now owned by
his sons. |
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| How about that!? |
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| There's HON (office furniture) in the background. |
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| A small bird perched on a pole which is the end of
the line. |
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| Mount Pleasant,IA is home to a Bluebird school bus
manufacturing facility. |
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| This is where they grow buses. |
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| Some of these pictures probably are not very
interesting unless you look at the high-resolution versions. |
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| More buses... growing. |
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| Grow, buses, grow! |
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| Aisles and aisles of buses. |
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| That's a lot of buses. |
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| Need a bus? |
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| Bluebird has got a bus for you! |
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| Here's a panorama taken from near the Firestone
building east of the Bluebird "plantation." |
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| Kalona, Iowa. |
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| Kalona is where we met several Amish and Mennonite
people. |
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| Allison with Marie Barton who is 98 years old and
has an extremely sharp memory. |
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| This backlit shooting isn't working out so good. |
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| Alright, now I've got the lighting problem fixed.
Now I just need to fix Allison. |
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| Ahh... much better. |
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| Bill McElewe (left) and Bill Barton (right)
looking at maps at Marie's house. |
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| Another one of the two Bills. |
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| Bill McElewe scoops up some food at Marie's house
Thursday afternoon. |
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| Bill continues to build his plate. |
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| From the left: Allison, Bill McElewe, Wes Barton,
Marie Barton. Eating lunch at Marie's house. |
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| Here you can see Bill Barton back at the other end
of the table. On the left side is Connie Andrews (our cousin), and Joyce
McElewe (Bill's wife). |
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| At the smaller table (from the left) is: Wanda
(Wes's sister), Eloise (Wes's other sister), Geraldine (Wes's wife), and
Weston (Wes's grandson). |
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| Marie sitting in her living room chair. |
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| Marie and Connie visit. |
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| Wes at Marie's. |
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| A fat cat (with a small head) at a quilting store
in downtown Mount Pleasant. |
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| Nice cat. |
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| Ahh- there's the winning photo. |
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| Now you can begin to see the "fat"
characteristic. |
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| The cat likes to sit on this chair by the door and
watch out the window. |
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| Me... outside the library in Mount Pleasant. |
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| Me... again, because Dad wasn't sure if it worked
the first time. |
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| The Mount Pleasant library. |
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| The movie theater in downtown Mount Pleasant. |
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| I made Dad stop so I could photograph this rock
village in someone's front yard north of Mount Pleasant. |
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| A wider shot of the rock village. |
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| Everyone eating and visiting at Wes's house. |
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| Everyone eating and visiting at Wes's house. |
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| Allison and Julie. |
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| Wes's dog KC. Cute little thing. When he barks,
both his front feet come a couple inches off the ground. I think he looks
like a miniature donkey. |