After talking to people and checking the news reports Boone decides to head due west through Indianapolis, Indiana, then turn north-west for Peoria, I...linois, and on to cross the Mississippi River at Rock Island, Illinois. Boone knows his family can fight well, but he sees no need to go looking for trouble. So the many reports of fighting between troops and raiders in Kansas and Missouri have him wanting to stay well north of them to minimize the risk of running into any of the troops or the. "One of the Kaiser family — they're the ones who own it ... but they're not in residence there except for two or three weeks out of the year, generally in February or March." Dayna, I don't know any of the Kaiser family," Margo replied."Oh my dear Madam, you do ... you know the current generation's black sheep — Dana Kaiser," Dayna replied, looking smug. "What, did you think my last name was really 'Spyderchylde'? I figure you and I can run out there and give it a look this afternoon, see if. I never knew why it was abandoned, but looking at the ground around it over the course of a few months showed that while it was surrounded by worked fields, no one ever visited it. I suspect the landowners had moved to a house closer to the roads, and so this place fell into disrepair, the trees grew up around it, and it was largely forgotten.The house was falling in, the roof long gone, the floorboards uncertain. The basement was made of field stone, with a rude dirt floor. The remains of the. I had to work late and got home after dark. I spent my time on the trip home thinking of some way to flash my mother-in-law again. It was Frank's (my father-in-law) bowling night so it seemed like there were some possibilities. I did not know that she was one step ahead of me. There was no driveway, so I always park on the street. Do you remember that Stella' bedroom was at the front of the house? I did not think about that until I stepped onto the porch and the light came on in her bedroom..