Mississippi blog from Dubuque IAHere’s what the sign says on the back of the bathroom door in our hotel:

Hotel Laws of Iowa

Help Grist raise $25,000 by September 30 to further advance our climate reporting

Fixing, Limiting, and Determining the Liability of Keepers of Hotels, Inns, Eating-Houses, and Steamboat Owners to Inmates Thereof.

Sorry, was that … steamboat owners? Holy crap.

steamboat on the Mississippi