These first two days have mostly been just getting from one location to another. We crossed Indiana and Illinois. Saw lots and lots of corn fields. And once in Illinois we saw wind turbines twirling away. Tonight we are in Dyersville, Iowa at the Super 8 Motel. It is quiet and clean, people are friendly. Across the back parking lot is the National Farm Toy Museum. We checked that out this afternoon. There are other touristy attractions here, but we stopped with that. It was fun. They even had a small barn/farm set like I had when I was little! And replicas of tractors Golfer has driven.
We walked across the parking lot at the front to get to a restaurant for dinner. The highlight was the homemade pie that we had after our salads and dinner. :) We had peach!
After we crossed into Iowa, we stopped at the first rest stop. Yay for Iowa for having WiFi in the rest stop! It was clean and had small cubbies for people to work and even had a pay phone in there.
Here are the best of the signs for today:
"1,111 miles then turn left to Rushmore" I think that one was in Indiana.
On the back of a truck was "Have you prayed today?". This in itself is not remarkable. But the picture of the man with the question was a dead ringer for Mr. Spock from Star Trek.
Do you remember Burma Shave signs from years ago? Same concept here, signs on posts along the road. I saw several of the groups. Here are the best.
When thugs attack
And you can't run
That's the time
To have a gun.
Roses are red
My gun is blue
I am safe
How about you?
I figure the gun lobby had a hand in these. There was a definite theme. These all started in Illinois.
We stopped for our lunch at another lovely rest stop at Salt Pond. There was a pond, geese, a little park, nice tables, etc. Walked around a little bit before getting back in the car.
Tomorrow we are heading to Field of Dreams. Stay safe and God Bless America!
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