We departed the Empress Casino campground this morning at 10:00AM (Central time), and headed west on I-80 toward Iowa. Along the way, I received a call from a fellow RVer (John, you know who you are) asking if we had planned to stop at the "Field of Dreams" while we were passing through Iowa. I asked him where it was, but he didn't know. So, we fired up the ole PC and googled it and found that it is located in Dyersville, IA, which is located about 25 miles west of the city of Dubuque, on US20. That meant that in order to stop there, we would have to detour about 60 miles north of where we were at Davenport, IA. To make a long story short, we took the chance, because, what the heck....we aren't on any type of schedule here, are we?
Dyersville is a small, quiet town with lots of farms, featuring mostly corn, but we did see fields of green beans also. The "Field of Dreams" is exactly like you saw it in the movie, because this is where the movie was filmed. In fact, as you approach the location, it is referred to as the "movie lot for Field of Dreams". The only thing different now is that they have a gift shop and a picnic area set up on the location. But, the cornfield is the same and the bleachers are the same. I was told that the site would accomodate a motor home, but that was not the case. Consequently, I had to un-hitch the car in order to turn around on the driveway. All in all, it was worth the detour to see. We are now parked in the lot at a Flying J fuel plaza, where we intend to spend the night. We are in Waterloo, IA at this time. We arrived shortly before 5PM.
Tomorrow, we head out to South Dakota and the Badlands!! Stay tuned!
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