Quad Cities

After checking out of the Holiday Inn - Moline Airport we drove up to Davenport, Iowa over the 'mighty' Mississippi on the green bridge. We checked in and went to the John Deere Pavilion and checked out the giant tractors. They were having a tractor auction so parking was scarce. After we visited the Pavilion we went outside to look at the tractors. Jim Belknap saw us walking around and surprised us from behind asking if we wanted to buy a tractor. After John Deere we drove over to Rock Island and visited the Arsenal. Our first stop was the Mississippi River Visitor Center. Our timing was perfect and we got to see the locks in action and the bridge turn. The person at the visitor center said that during the floods the river was up 22 feet. When we were there it was up 15 feet and still pretty high. After our tour of the visitor center we had lunch at the picnic tables outside. We had dinner at Wise Guys Pizza. It didn't compare to Chicago deep dish but it was okay. We went back to the hotel and the boys went swimming.