To: Rocco & his first grade classmates at Mount Nittany Christian School I, Flat Stanley, was able to visit the Benson Family in the Midwest! Dubuque, Iowa Dubuque is on the tri-state border of Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Dubuque is a river town on the Mighty Mississippi! Dubuque, Iowa land is not typical of the rest of Iowa. To the left is the 4 th Street Elevator. This is a small version of the Pittsburg Incline! There is an ice cream stand at the bottom that is open during the summer To the right is Horseshoe Bluff. This is part of the Mines of Spain Recreation Area. I went trail running here with Mandi (she carried me in her waist belt). Like State College, Dubuque is also home to colleges and universities! I got to hang out with Karise and Karlee. Karise is 7 and in 1 st grade. Karlee is 5yrs old and is in preschool. Pictures are from their egg hunt in their backyard and a picture before their school dance! Karise and I eating breakfast together. She eats bagels almost every morning! This is Carver Elementary School. Karise loves being a cougar! The Bensons enjoy camping. We went out in the country to get their pop-up out of winter storage. All I saw was fields! It was FLAT!!! Each night and on the weekends we all eat together as a family. If the weather is nice, we eat on the deck. During my visit, we didnt go out to eat. We did order take-n-bake pizza. I dove right in! This is Dubuque Bible Church. AWANA is Wednesday nights and Sunday is Church and Sunday School. Chris works at John Deere. He is a senior engineer in the Crawler Division. While I was there, he went to Phoenix, AZ on a work trip. I went to Dubuque Senior High School for a day too. This is where Mandi teaches science. Thank you for sending me to Dubuque, IA. I will be arriving back to school soon (sometimes the mail is slow, dont worry about me, I will make it!). I enjoyed my visit. I hope that you were able to learn a little more about the World Around You. See ya soon, F. Stanley