It was Feb. 3, 1959 when Richie Valens, Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper had their plane crash about 5 miles north of Clear Lake Iowa after preforming at the Surf Ballroom earlier that evening.
Today, Randy Travis's Prevost (with him in it) sits in the parking lot of the Surf Ballroom and he's getting ready to take the stage tonight. That place is Awesome. Lots of performers have taken their turn in the ballroom and Kevin Costner with his band play there the 24th of this month. Sorry that we won't be around for that. The whole place makes ya feel like you stepped back in time, right down to the Coat Check Room and Dark Blue Pineapple Wallpaper! It's operated totally by Volunteers and they were expecting 1000 people tonight. Everyone we talked to was really friendly and made sure to answer all our questions. We have seen Randy, so wasn't interested in staying. There's also a kitchen and bar with a cafe room. Booths line the whole ballroom and dance floor. We didn't drive out to the crash site afterall, there was a memorial in front of the ballroom and we wanted to get back to Forest City for the Puckerbrush (don't ask me what it means! DH said something about noxious weeds - I think he was pulling my leg!)Celebration. The car show was just one block with the cars lined on both sides of the streets, but some nice rides there.
I really liked the lil' red convertibles, and a blue Ford Fairlane brought back memories!
We walked around the Courthouse square,looked at the crafts and were drawn to the Firemens Water Competition - imagine that DH got to visit with one of the Firemen about their department. We
stopped at a really nice grocery store and picked up some meat on the way home. Several people had recommended to us that we should go about 14 miles northwest of here to a place called "The Brandin' Iron" for their Prime Rib. The lady this morning said to get there early, so we were there at 5:00 and there were about 25 people standing outside waiting for them to open! Everybody was right. It was great. Home made salads on the salad bar and the Small Prime Rib looked like a roast, so we had enough food to bring home to make another meal! I'm stuffed and my feet are cold! It's already 60 degrees and supposed to drop into the 40s tonight. Another blanket on my side of the bed. Watching the Qualifying round of Drags at Seattle today. Tomorrow will take time to catch up book work and study up on some things at Okoboji. Did only one worthwhile thing tonight. Actually two. Tried out my new shower head - it works great! Attached new Velcro and hung our Pressure Pro Tire Monitoring system on the dash. Maybe now one side won't fall down all the time. That thing really provides Have a restful Sunday!
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