May 31, 2008 Fortsat fra sidste side ~ Continued from last page Dansk tekst til venstre English text on the right Dagens baghave: Backyard of the Day: Old Masters' Hotel and Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum, Burr Oak, Mitchell County, Iowa The Old Masters' Hotel and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Park and Museum are located at 3603 236th Avenue in Burr Oak, Mitchell County, Iowa   Vi krydsede tilbage over Mississippi-floden, denne gang ind i Iowa, som med sine mange bondegårde ligner Minnesota - og Danmark - til forveksling. We crossed back over the Mississippi River, this time into Iowa, which, with its many farms dotting the landscape, looks a lot like Minnesota - and Denmark.     Vi kørte nordpå til Burr Oak, hvor Ingalls-familien boede og arbejdede omkring 1877. Ingalls-familien var blevet gode venner med William Steadman, som de gik i kirke med i Walnut Grove, og da Steadman købte Masters' Hotel i Burr Oak, Iowa, overtalte han Charles, som havde haft dårligt udfald med sin høst to år i træk, til at flytte familien ned til Iowa, så de kunne hjælpe Steadman drive hotellet. We drove north to Burr Oak, where the Ingalls family lived and worked around the year 1877. The Ingalls family had become good friends with William Steadman, with whom they attended church in Walnut Grove, and when Steadman bought Masters' Hotel in Burr Oak, Iowa, he convinced Charles, whose harvest had just failed for the second year, to move his family to Iowa to help Steadman manage the hotel.       Laura Ingalls Wilder skrev aldrig om familiens tid i Burr Oak i sine bøger. Det var på rejsen til Burr Oak, at Lauras 9 måneder gamle lillebror, Freddie, døde, og det var et meget vanskeligt år for familien. Charles Ingalls kunne ikke lide livet i en travl by som Burr Oak, og han og Caroline mente ikke at hotellet var et sundt miljø for pigerne, så efter godt et år rejste familien tilbage til Walnut Grove, denne gang med endnu en lille ny, Grace, som var født i Burr Oak. Laura Ingalls Wilder never included the family's time in Burr Oak in her books. It was on the journey to Burr Oak that Laura's 9-month old brother Freddie died, and it was an extremely difficult year for the family. Pa did not like living in a bustling town like Burr Oak, and he and Caroline did not feel the hotel was a suitable place for bringing up his girls, so after just over a year the family returned to Walnut Grove, this time with another baby, little Grace, who had been born in Burr Oak.

Hotelgæsterne betalte 25 cents per nat. For det beløb fik de plads på en enkeltseng. Men en enkeltseng var delt op i tre pladser, så man kunne enten risikere at dele den med to vildt fremmede mennesker, eller også måtte man skille sig af med 75 cents. De fleste fandt sig i at dele. Guests of the hotel paid 25 cents per night. For that amount they secured a spot for the night on a single bed. But a single bed was divided into three spots, so one could either risk sharing the bed with two perfect strangers, or else fork over 75 cents. Most people put up with sharing.       Bade- og vaskerum ~ Bath and Laundry room Et bad kostede 75 cents, en pris der dækkede balje, sæbe og håndklæde. Der var ingen garanti for, at man fik hverken varmt eller rent vand, for baljen blev ikke tømt efter hvert bad. A bath cost 75 cents, a price that covered a tub, soap, and a towel. There was no guarantee of hot or clean water, because the tub was not emptied and refilled between baths.     Spisestuen ~ The dining room

Smørret kærnes ~ Making butter     Mens de boede på hotellet, delte Charles og Caroline Ingalls dette ene værelse med deres tre piger. Charles og Caroline sov på sengen, pigerne delte udtræks-sengen. Inden lille Grace blev født, var de flyttet til lidt større forhold i et hus nede ad gaden. While living at the hotel, Charles and Caroline shared this one room with their three girls. Charles and Caroline slept on the bed, the girls shared the trundle bed. Before little Grace was born they had moved to roomier accomodations in a house down the street.

I haven ~ In the garden       En del af Laura Ingalls Wilder museet i Burr Oak er denne bygning, den gamle bank, bygget i 1909. One part of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum in Burr Oak is this building, the old bank, built in 1909.

Camping/Boondocking Information We're boondocked at the rest area at mile marker 11 on I-380 north of Iowa City, Iowa. Restrooms Wi-fi Iowa River, Iowa City, Iowa   More Ingalls Family Information Here More Iowa Travel Information Here A BIT EARLIER TOMORROW