James Reston's Blog
| Wednesday, August 18, 2010 9:13AM | | | | Finish line: Iowa City | Posted By: James Reston
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| | After a few nights in sketchy Super 8 motels, I treated myself last night in Keokuk to the extravagance of an overnight stay in a grand, 19th century B&B, high on a bluff overlooking the magnificent river. With its Disneyesque turret, its great portico, formal garden, and solarium to enjoy "if it wasn't so frightfully hot," the mansion called Grand Anne was built in 1897 by the wealthy purveyor of home remedies and flavored extracts. I got the Rose's Room on the top floor.
I awoke to a crisp, cool, sparkling morning, for the heat has finally broken, and walked out to the bluff's edge to see the sun shimmering across the river and its large islands of flowering lily pads. On the opposite... | | | | | | | |
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