Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Sorry it has been so long since we posted but we have been so busy having fun traveling. May 9th was a long travel day. We said goodbye to Big Bone Lick State Historic Park (nice park) about 8:00 am Friday morning and made our way across Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and landed at Park Terrace Campground in Davenport, Iowa at about 6:00pm. It was a long day. We chose to make it a long day because we had already visited these states. Saturday morning after a good night of sleep, the four of us went to a local restaurant that Randy or Debra had found, The Machine Shed. What a wonderful place to have a Saturday morning breakfast. We all shared one huge cinnamon roll – probably the largest we have ever had, and oh so good! Our breakfasts were also very good but we had to work to clean our plates after having the cinnamon roll as an “appetizer”. If you are ever in Davenport this is a “must do” for breakfast.
Next on the list for Iowa was the famous Iowa 80 Truck Stop. It is claimed to be the world’s largest truck stop. We don’t know about that, but we do know that is huge. It is located on the eastern edge of Iowa, not far from the Mississippi river close to the town of Walcott. Some call it a Trucker’s Disneyland. In addition to nine restaurants and 24 showers, they also have a dentist, chiropractor, barber shop, a dogamat pet wash, laundry center, movie theater, workout room and of course anything you might need or want for your 18 wheeler.
All of that was great but our favorite part was the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum. We lost count on the number of trucks but they were amazing. Entry is free but they ask for a donation. We almost skipped the museum because we had already spent so much time in the truck stop. So glad we did not miss it and we would definitely recommend the museum.
Our last stop for the day was at Antique Archaeology in Leclaire, IA. We knew it from the American Pickers TV show. Randy and Debra have watched a few of the shows and we went there so we could get some pics to send to their grandchildren. It was a fun way to end our day.
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