- Eagle Point Park
- Riverfront walkway
- Sawmill Museum
- Discovery Center Children’s Museum
- Discovery Trail
- Lyon’s Farmer Market
- Showboat Theater
- Candlelight Inn
- Downtown Shopping District
- Clinton County Historical Museum
- Riverfront Park
- Wide River Winery
- Lock & Dam 13
- River Arts Center
- Valley Oaks Golf Course
- Bickelhaupt Arboretum
- Pickleball & Tennis Courts
- Clinton County Courthouse
- Visitor Center Kiosk on the River
- You ARE a realtor
- You are a real estate lawyer
- You are married to a realtor or real estate lawyer
- You can get into locked houses legally
- You know how to line up your own home inspector/sewer inspector/electrician/ plumber/appraiser /mortgage pre-approval/underwriting/closing attorney
My new home!
- Reading a good book
- Visiting family
- Watching Survivor
- Sitting around a campfire
- Making s’mores
- Eating s’mores
- Walking in the sunshine along the river
- Wilderness camping
- Writing & editing a novel
- Binge-watching home shows like Flip or Flop, Love It or List It, Desert Flippers
- Getting a pedicure
- Getting a massage
- Decorating a Christmas tree
- Planning parties
- Eating stuffed crust pizza
- 4th – English Channel Swim Challenge awards & speaker
- 4th & 5th – Yard Sale for Haiti
- 7th – Zapdos raids begin in Pokemon Go
- 10th-12th – Tug Fest – Tug of War across the Mississippi River
- 11th – Tug Fest parade & fireworks — Rumble Over the River
- 12th – Family GaGa Ball Tournament
- 19th – Dinner with my Trivia team
- 20th – Updating Red Cross Lifeguard Instructor water skills meeting
- 26th – HyVee Family Health Fair
- 27th – Aquatic Staff Picnic & Meeting
- Vanderveer Park
- Swim at the Y
- Bettendorf Family Museum
- Putnam/IMAX
- Channel Cat water taxi
- Red White & Boom
- ComedySportz
- LeClaire (American Pickers, Happy Joes, shops)
- Steel Plow shakes
- Blackhawk State Park
- Game Night
- Plexxipus, The All Seeing Wizard
- Princess Caligo, Eldest Daughter
- Princess Tirumala, Middle Daughter
- Princess Nymphalidae, Youngest Daughter
- Lord Nivosus, King’s Top Advisor
- Lord Viceroy, Second in Charge of the King’s Cabinet
- Lady Atticus, Sister in Law of the King
- Dame Heliconius, The Royal Nanny
- Tussock the Elder, Royal Doctor
- Kluk, Court Jester
- Dysphanio, The Royal Minstrel
- Duchess Callophrys Rubi, Friend of the family
- Slash, British rocker
- Starling Quick, American Film Actress
- Xander Curtis Corriander, American Movie Star
- Flint Treadwell, American Oil Tycoon
- LulaMay Dover Treadwell, Wife of Flint Treadwell
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- You Know Where to Find Me
- Only Grace
- History
- Save a Place For Me
- My Finest Hour
- Sellout
- More
- A Few More Days
- I Can’t Hear You
- The End
- Curtain
- It’s the nation’s only Tug-of-War across the Mississippi River, held every August for more than 25 years
- The vendors— Cotton Candy FTW!!
- Carnival rides on the levee
- Small town street festivals are awesome
- Kid-friendly with lots of reasons for adults to have fun too
- LeClaire’s parade… get a spot early!
- Live music on the levee
- The MOST AWESOME fireworks show ever… fireworks over the river!
- People who come home for the weekend from across the country… I get to see my friend Wendi tonight!
- East Moline Municipal Swimming Pool, East Moline, IL
- Village Inn, Moline, IL
- YMCA Driving Range, Moline, IL
- Uncle Benny’s Gyros, Silvis, IL
- Governor’s, Moline, IL
- Ross Medical Supply, Moline, IL
- Mother Hubbard’s Landromat, Silvis, IL
- SFT Financial, Moline, IL
- Cidela Bed & Breakfast, New York, NY
- Elk Lodge, Davenport, IA
- G&G’s House, Gassville, AR
- Blue Grass Community Hall, Blue Grass, IA
- Subway, LeClaire, IA
- K-Nails, East Moline, IL
- AutoTech, Silvis, IL
- Subway, Silvis, IL
- Steve’s House, LeClaire, IA
- The YMCA (work), Moline
- Village Inn, Moline
- 7-11/BP/Mother Hubbard’s, Silvis
- The East Moline swimming pool (also work)
- Silvis Hy-Vee
- Silvis Wal-mart
- Heritage Church, Rock Island
- Jimmy Johns, Moline
- Uncle Benny’s Gyros, Silvis
- Chili’s, Davenport
- Blue Grass Community Center
- Little Caesar’s Pizza, Moline
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