We had a difficult time at the hotel in Sturgis, Michigan. When I checked us in yesterday, I could see that they were doing some remodeling. I asked the desk clerk when the work would end that day and start tomorrow. She told me that it would end by 5 or 6 and start the next morning at 9. That sounded reasonable, but as it turned out, we were awakened at five after eight this morning by a terribly loud drilling noise right outside our room. I called the front des...

On Saturday, we had only a short drive to get to New Berlin then to Springfield. It was about 1.5 hours from Quincy to New Berlin where we stopped first at the West Sangamon County Public Library. I read about the library online before we left home and did not expect them to have anything much of value to Phil's research since the library is less than twenty years old. They did have a small archive and genealogy room, and he found a few useful pieces. As always, ...