There's a little "American Pickers" in all of us

We decided to stop in LeClaire, Iowa to see the shop of the TV show "The American Pickers."  We didn't see Mike or Frank and not even tattoo Danielle.  There were only two young girls in the shop behind the counter waiting for people to buy Picker t-shirts and other commercial commodities.  I expected the shop to be bigger and to at least see Danielle there on the phone, setting up places for the guys to go to find their mother-load pickins.  It was interesting though.  Speaking of Danielle...she has another job besides being  on American Pickers, that may be of interest to you.  Those tattoos aren't the only interesting thing about her :-)  Tell  you about that later in this blog.

Bill is standing there just checking out the cycles  (I think :-)

Everyone likes old things right?  
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More oldies; but goodies they found in those

 forgotten barns and sheds of America.

I saw people smile as they looked at these head of Laurel and Hardy.  They must have seen the episode when Mike and Frank bought these.  They said they had to buy them because they looked like them.  I agree, they do and
sometimes act like them too :-)

Now for tattoo Danielle update...across the street from the Picker's Shop was as neat old building and I noticed it had a picture of Danielle on the side of the building.  We went over there and it was a shop called "4 Miles 2 Memphis."  It was an very unusual place and we couldn't quite figure out who the shop was catering to.  It had lots of vintage clothes; but not the apparel the prim and proper ladies of the 1800's wore. 

 This picture was for sale of Danielle in her shop.  What the heck is she holding?  We also saw an advertisment in the shop of her dressed up in similar clothes that she sells in her store. The flyer advertised a burlesque show that Danielle is involved in.  She does shows in Davenport and even in Chicago.That explains the clothes in the shop!  Can't see a big calling for burlesque clothes from the tourist that are passing through this little town.
"NO, I didn't buy any vintage clothes :-)"

LeClaire, Iowa is one of those neat, little river towns on the Mississippi.  Lots of things to see and visit...like the Buffalo Bill Museum, the Paddlewheel boat, antique and gift shops and the architecture of a town of the early 1800's.  After leaving Iowa we traveled until we reached Olathe, Kansas and there we relaxed for the night.  Tomorrow Oklahoma!