Tonsil & Trip

As this full moon was setting in the west early yesterday morning, my daughter was coughing and crying.......and, I was beside myself, half-wishing she would just suddenly spit out the entire offending mass of tonsil. She was miserable all night long and we were almost to the point of running her to the ER, but then she started hacking and gagging up a bunch of icky junk......from the tonsil, we think.......and then she felt better, and could suddenly swallow and talk easier. I took her to UrgentCare in Waterloo as soon as I was done with morning chores---they retested for strep and mono and did a CT scan to rule out an abscess in the neck behind the tonsil. Acky.....aren't you glad to hear all of this? It's T.M.I.---Too Much Information---I know! Seriously, she's feeling better now and is back to her good-humored self......able to eat and sleep again after several days of hardly being able to do either, the poor kid. Plus, putting up with her mother constantly urging her to "drink, drink, drink". Once she's back in good health, we'll see about getting her tonsils removed. She's had huge tonsils since she was born, but they never caused a problem until now.

After all that commotion, I went on a pre-arranged road trip yesterday afternoon......to another state, in fact. Along the way, I saw this:
And, this:
My destination was the city which is home to a world-famous facility (though, truthfully, I would not wish for a reason to go there):

This convent is there, too:

The conditions were conducive for a pleasant driving......sunshine, warmish temps, and unique sights along the way:

(Isn't that clever!)

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Can you guess what city and state I travelled to? (Mum's the word, Nancy!)

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