Out Drinkin' in Clinton, Feb. 2nd-- Part 2

Our last stop was back at he Frontier Motel in Clinton, Iowa, where we checked out the lounge.

There weren't many people in it, but we were there in time for the Monday-Thursday 4 to 7 happy hour double bubbles, buy one get one free. Two pints for $2.75, a deal I can live with.

We sat next to a couple guys who we found out were in town working on the airport runways. It seems that there are always lots of out-of-town workers in Clinton working on some major project. The Super 8 there was always filled with them.

One was from Springfield, Illinois, one of our favorite towns and we talked about our favorite places there. We go often as it is on Route 66 and I am a big Civil War buff (Lincolnia, you know).

He had often been to the Lake Springfield Tavern, Capital City, Cozy Dog, D'Arcy's Pint, Coz's and Charlie Parker's. He liked our story about the owner of Coz's being the brother of our friend Frank who used to own Costello's on the Chain of Lakes up by us.

He also was very familiar with the Curve Inn, or "Swerve Inn" as he called it. Good name. You can definitely swerve walking out of the place.

The other guy was from one of the Illinois towns east of St. Louis, and we talked about Alton and the River Drive. He suggested a place called Fast Eddie's Bon Aire which he said was a definite place to visit.

The bartender, Twyla was super friendly. She said that everyone was talking about the lack of eagles along the river this year. We also talked about Class A baseball because of the Clinton Lumber Kings (there used to be a major lumber industry in town with a lot of very rich men). I told her the team was once called the Lumber Barons, but she didn't remember and tried to look it up on her phone.

Had a Real Pleasant Time. --RoadDog