Quincy sits in the corner where three states gather around the Mississippi — Illinois underfoot, Missouri a bridge away, Iowa somewhere up past the wildlife refuge. Tri-State Lawn care runs its routes across that corner, mowing, trimming, edging and clearing yards from the bluff streets in town out to the section-road places where the mailbox stands alone. The river makes its own weather, and grass on this side comes on hard after a warm rain, which is exactly why the schedule holds week to week instead of whenever. Nothing beats rolling away from a lot with the lines even, the fence row cut back and the walk swept clean. Quincy, the Adams County towns, and south toward the river crossings.