Gnome-tastic Labor Day weekend!

Our little gnome got quite the attention this weekend!  He visited corn fields in Illinois, a chowder in Illinois, an apple orchard in Illinois, Daniel, Emily, & Manny Doss in Indiana, and the southern tip of Lake Michigan in northern Indiana.

Moonshine, Illinois Population 2

I had never heard of Moonshine Illinois before. But Saturday, I visited it. Moonshine, Illinois , population 2. The two it is referring to, is Roy Lee and Helen Tuttle. See, they live upstairs above the little restaurant. Roy chatted it up with Sweetie about how he and Helen bought this store in 1982 and turned it into a landmark. When we started asking folks about it, they told us it was the best hamburger around. Actually called a moon burger. Sweetie and I weren't able to wrap our lips around one of these famous burgers, cause by the time we got up there, Roy was locking the door. BUMMER! That's okay, its now on our list of things to do.

In order to find this place, you literally have to go to the wide spot in the road in SW Clark County in Illinois. All that is there is this building some picnic tables and the outhouse, and we were told to count the outhouse as one of the town buildings. This spot in the road has become quite the landmark for people from all over the country to come meet. It is surrounded by cornfields and unless you are purposly looking for it, you might just miss it. There are not big signs directing you.. just little pieces of wood with the word MOONSHINE on it with an arrow. I fully intend to eat one of these famous moonburgers one day, and when I do, I will add to this article. But in the meantime, 'ol Roy was fun to chat with as he told us all about the people he has met and the amount of dust that flies all around when it is full of people. The most burgers Mrs. Helen has cooked so far was on April 10th this year, and it was 1, 910.  She was tired that day, and very glad to close up shop!

They have a little store where you can get your soda pop in the glass bottles and look at all the interesting memorabilia on the walls. She only keeps the grill going until 1230 so after that you will just get a cold cut sandwich!

Driving Tractors

Whew! Nothing like 914 miles on the road to make a person tired! One thing our little family has always done is cram as much as possible into these little mini vacations. We get a lot accomplished in a short period of time.

This Labor Day weekend has been no different. Friday after work we drove up to Illinois and spent the night with some of Sweeties cousins and Saturday morning the boys got to have some tractor driving time in the corn fields. The boys had so much fun!