Superman and Metropolis

by Lauren

As Nicole mentioned in our last blog entry, we found our way to Metropolis, Illinois - home of Superman! We didn't have any interviews there, but rather than moving on to the next town right away, we stuck around for the day to check out Metropolis. So much of the town looked like it popped right out of the 1950s and we found that everyone was amazingly nice and friendly. I guess when Superman lives in your town, you have to be good.

After doing a little sightseeing, we had some less exciting stuff to get done - laundry. We found a local laundromat and while we were there, we met Mr. and Mrs. Stouffer who, by coincidence, were originally from Rhode Island. Practically neighbors! They were really friendly and wanted to invite us over to dinner, but we had to be in Tennessee that night, so we couldn't. Here they are with their adorable dog, Pepe:

Before leaving Metropolis, we had one last thing to take care of - feeding our dumpster cats! When we got back to the place where we had been the night before, we discovered that someone else was already feeding the dumpster kitties, so we just left the bag of food we bought for whoever was already taking care of them.

While we wandered around looking for the cats, we found this cute little baby frog! Here's Sarah holding it:

And a giant bug:

We finally found our dumpster kitties too!

That concludes our time spent in Metropolis. Next stop - Smoky Mountains!