Day 9
Woke up this morning to the sound of rain on the boat. Will it never end????? Just one nice day, PLEASE! We decided to stay the day in LeClaire. However, after a small tour of the town, which consisted of about 5 city blocks, we find that almost every store, shop, and business is closed on Monday. Including the Buffalo Bill museum. Perhaps this is in observance of Holy Monday. Is this small town part of some strange cult?
We ran up to the Post office to deliver some mail, then decided to check out a cool looking bar called Sneaky Pete’s. The best decision that we could have made. Sneaky Pete’s was a saloon/restaurant that was housed in an old hotel that dated back to the 1830’s. It even had the original tin ceiling, complete with bullet holes. Story has it, according to one bartender that it was an old brothel (Grant was oddly aroused by this…). The bar was made of solid oak, and the dining area was covered with business cards blanketing every inch on the walls, and ties hanging from the rafters. (see picture) No ties are allowed in this bar. They will promptly be cut off and tacked up to the ceiling.
We arrived at the bar at around 1pm, only to find out that the special from 12noon-5pm is .75c draughts and $1.00 domestics. Needless to say, we spent the rest of the afternoon there drinking and eating the salad bar. We also had a buffalo burger. Cost=$15.90 plus 5.00 tip for waitress!!!!! The people were very friendly and Grant made friends with several of the locals. One couple, Ann and George Ginns were we guessed in their late 60’s early 70’s and had a 3 year old great grandson… Small towns! George had lived in La Claire all his life and told us stories about how it used to be the biggest city in Iowa during the time of the lumber barrons. According to him, his great grandfater was a river “Piolet” in La Claire, and guided timber down the river through the rapids. Wow, we somehow covered 7 generations of the Ginn family tree in about 3 beers (45 minutes)…
We went back to check up on the boat and to make sure that the ties were all still intact. The weather was still miserable, so we decided to head back up to Sneaky Pete’s for Monday night football and the taco bar. Still reeling from several beers at lunch, we continue drinking, only so that we don’t fall asleep, at the bar. With lunch still heavy in our stomachs we proceeded up to the taco bar. I think that the tacos may have been what saved us! The grease from the meat soaked up all the alcohol settling in our stomachs. Regardless, we made it through almost the whole game before we decided that we better get back, so that we can make somewhat of a decent start in the morning. Total Cost for dinner and drinks=$20.00 including tip.
Sneaky Pete's
Inside
Ann & George
We ran up to the Post office to deliver some mail, then decided to check out a cool looking bar called Sneaky Pete’s. The best decision that we could have made. Sneaky Pete’s was a saloon/restaurant that was housed in an old hotel that dated back to the 1830’s. It even had the original tin ceiling, complete with bullet holes. Story has it, according to one bartender that it was an old brothel (Grant was oddly aroused by this…). The bar was made of solid oak, and the dining area was covered with business cards blanketing every inch on the walls, and ties hanging from the rafters. (see picture) No ties are allowed in this bar. They will promptly be cut off and tacked up to the ceiling.
We arrived at the bar at around 1pm, only to find out that the special from 12noon-5pm is .75c draughts and $1.00 domestics. Needless to say, we spent the rest of the afternoon there drinking and eating the salad bar. We also had a buffalo burger. Cost=$15.90 plus 5.00 tip for waitress!!!!! The people were very friendly and Grant made friends with several of the locals. One couple, Ann and George Ginns were we guessed in their late 60’s early 70’s and had a 3 year old great grandson… Small towns! George had lived in La Claire all his life and told us stories about how it used to be the biggest city in Iowa during the time of the lumber barrons. According to him, his great grandfater was a river “Piolet” in La Claire, and guided timber down the river through the rapids. Wow, we somehow covered 7 generations of the Ginn family tree in about 3 beers (45 minutes)…
We went back to check up on the boat and to make sure that the ties were all still intact. The weather was still miserable, so we decided to head back up to Sneaky Pete’s for Monday night football and the taco bar. Still reeling from several beers at lunch, we continue drinking, only so that we don’t fall asleep, at the bar. With lunch still heavy in our stomachs we proceeded up to the taco bar. I think that the tacos may have been what saved us! The grease from the meat soaked up all the alcohol settling in our stomachs. Regardless, we made it through almost the whole game before we decided that we better get back, so that we can make somewhat of a decent start in the morning. Total Cost for dinner and drinks=$20.00 including tip.
Sneaky Pete's
Inside
Ann & George
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