A Nice Sunday

So, yesterday we ate breakfast (pancakes) at the Riley Tavern in Verona. They serve breakfast on Sundays, maybe Saturdays, too. They have buttermilk, blueberry, cranberry and chocolate chip pancakes served with O.J. and sausage links. A favorite of Gracie's was the German shepherd, King!


After the Riley Tavern, we traveled to Mineral Point. I had passed by numerous times on my way to Kansas City but never went to the historic downtown area. It is beautiful. There are so many historic site and renovated buildings all located within just a few small blocks. We visited the Leepin' Lizzard toy store, the antique book store and Cafe 4 -

"Good food starts with good ingredients, pure and simple. At Cafe4 we care about what goes into our food. We prefer local, sustainable, all natural, and organic choices, not only because they are better for our health and our environment, but also because they absolutely taste better! Our focus is putting healthy delicious food on your table."

From there we somehow got on to the Stage Coach Trail which travels through Apple River, Warren, Lena and then down to Tom's parent's house in Freeport, IL.

For dinner we went to a great pizza joint called Manny's Pizza. I believe this started in Savanna, IL but now there are two restaurants in Freeport. It's really good, thin crust pizza!!

All-in-all, a great day!