Years ago our hobby was going to used book stores. Armed with our want lists, one August we made a big circle through the midwest. Searching out the good stores we found there is a difference between a paperback exchange and a used book store, although we found a few books we wanted at the exchanges. Many of our favorite stores had resident cats and we spent a lot of time playing with them.

Iowa - Pella (annual Dutch festival), Knoxville (home of midget racing), Beaman (went to a family reunion there once).

Minnesota - Wabasha (cat hotel where you can borrow a kitty to keep you company in your room), Minneapolis (Uncle Edgar's and Uncle Hugo's bookstore - mysteries & science fiction & a Twins game in the Hoover Dome).

South Dakota - Tea (that's a town, they have a really good steakhouse)

Nebraska - Grand Island (trains being shuffled in the railyards kept us awake all night).

We didn't go to Indiana or Ohio that trip, but have been through them at other times, and another year we went to Oklahoma and Kansas.

I miss these trips and want to go again without the bookstores. This time I would visit my blog friends, just a quick visit with each. All it takes is some rearranging of priorities and schedules - as if that would be easy.

Anyway, that's my dream.