Day 15 - Waterloo, IA to Fort Dodge, IA

First decision of the day was where to have breakfast. We settled on Newton's Paradise Cafe after passing on IHOP and Perkins. Great decision. Located in a historic building in downtown Waterloo, it has the look of an old time diner and a friendly staff. After wandering around town, we happened upon The Five Sullivan's Convention Center. The five Sullivan brothers all perished when the USS Juneau was sunk during World War II. It was then that the navy wouldn't let brothers serve on the same ship. The convention center in their hometown was completed in 2008.

Then it was off to Dyersville, Iowa, home of the "Field of Dreams" ballpark. One of my favorite movies (like once a year favorite) and not something I was going to miss when so close. On the way we saw a highway sign for a Frank Lloyd Wright house near Quesqueton (I did not make that up), Iowa. Of course we wanted to see it, but like two years ago it wasn't to be. Apparently we are not allowed to see such things.

The "Field of Dreams" gets it's own paragraph. Wow, looks just like in the movie. The home, the field, the bleachers, the bases and even the corn field. Some folks were playing catch, some were pitching, some were hitting and some were just sitting in the bleachers. I took a video of Barb disappearing in among the corn stalks. She came back. I bought a shirt and off we went. Was it worth three hours out of the day? Absolutely. Remember, he built it so you would come.

After driving back to Waterloo we took backroads for most of the way into Fort Dodge. Checking into the motel I found no WiFi. What? How can that be? So I will get up early and try to find a hotspot to upload this. Second night here has been canceled and we will be staying at a WiFi friendly motel in Humboldt.

Dinner was at the Rustix in Humboldt. Highly recommended by friends back home, it lived up to it's hype. We both had prime rib, which is something I never, never do. Great call Phyllis.

Tomorrow will be in and around Humboldt. Tops on the list will be Renwick and Livermore. Why? Tell you next time.

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Field of Dreams
Dyersville, Iowa