Fun In Dubuque

The Riverwalk took us right up to our hotel which was next to the Mississippi - and this was our view as we walked by the restaurant into the hotel! I LOVED those purple flowers!!

After getting checked into our room, we headed out for a walk!  The desk lady said to check out the convention center next door as there was a glass room that was really cool looking!!  She was right - it was!!

Here's a picture looking at it from the river walk.

What a peaceful scene!  We loved walking along the river and enjoying the "art" that was displayed!

This is one of the pieces of art - pretty unique and yes it was large!!

The next morning our stay included breakfast at the restaurant!  We got there plenty early as we wanted to catch the first shuttle - our breakfast was great and we noted they had frappes for later!

We DID catch the first shuttle for our sightseeing and the first stop was St. Luke's United Methodist Church!  This church has quite a history behind it and a parishioner gave us a short presentation before we checked out all of their windows!  This church has 8 large Tiffany windows and nine small ones - they are absolutely gorgeous!!

This window is Christ and the Children.

This beautiful window is in the balcony and depicts the unknown author of the Book of Job.

This is of David, King of Israel.

I love these this grouping of 3 windows - imagine sitting in church and looking at them every Sunday!

Of course Patty and I had to check out the organ (since we both used to play for church) and this one was enormous!!!  I can't imagine playing on 3 keyboards!!  But one of the ladies in our group is a current organist and she gave us a sampling - gosh, was she great!!

This is outside the church waiting for the shuttle to come for our next stop!  Patty and I raced down the street as we thought we saw a coffee place but it was just a tea store!

And then we were off to the Fenelon Place Elevator Company!