Day Nine - Sioux City IA - Iowa - Illinois - Indiana - Ohio - Home

We start out the final day of our trip in Sioux City Iowa. Had breakfast at the Fairfield Inn and then headed out. We get a little bit of a late start and we will lose an hour going from Central to Eastern time so it will be late by the time we get home. We take I 29 south to I 680 near Omaha to connect up with I 80. Not much to see in Iowa. Just lots of corn, corn and more corn. We don’t expect to see much on the trip home. Petrol is very cheap here. They must have some special tax incentives for the ethanol. The mid grade fuel is cheaper than the regular grade. We find a BP station and fill up for only $3.07 a gallon. Which seems low but maybe gas prices are falling everywhere. Next to the BP is a McDonald's we stop at and I get a coffee for the road. Road conditions in Iowa are probably the worst we have seen so far. They must spend their tax dollars on something else other than roads. Not much to see so I work on the blog.


One interesting thing we do see in Iowa is a number of Giant windmills along the road. And then going down I80 in the other direction are a number of trucks carrying the giant parts for windmills. We pass through Madison County which we presume the movie ‘The bridges of Madison county’ Takes place in. We also pass John Wayne and Bob Fellers birth places. At least that’s what the signs say.


Just west of Davenport IA we stop at what the signs say is the worlds largest truck stop. And they appear correct. It is a Travel America Truck Stop called the I 80 Truck Stop It is like Disney land with a full service restaurant, a full food court with fast food and about four different shopping areas. With old trucks around on display. Kind of neat. They have a penny smasher so I get a penny smashed. We decide to have lunch here. I have Taco bell and Jack has Wendy’s Not healthy but it tastes good. The also have high velocity hand driers in the restrooms. I have only seen these before in Japan. After the truck stop we get get back on I 80 and take I 280 around Davenport IA to connect back up with I80 in Illinois.



We drive by nothing special in Illinois. We do see a sign for Ronald Reagan's birthplace. A lot of farmers appear to be harvesting crops. As we get near Chicago the traffic gets much heavier. We stop for fuel to top off the tank just inside Indiana at a Travel America BP for fuel. We continue through Indiana and Ohio back home stopping once in Ohio for a rest and to fill up. We finally arrive home about 1 am.

Finally Home!


Our traveled mileage for today was 853.4 miles. By far the longest day.


Hear are some pictures from the road.





Jack in the morning on the last day of the trip.





The Iowa flag at one of the rest stops.




Jack looking for something in the Big Red Machine at a rest area in Iowa.




One blade from a giant windmill going down the road. We saw a number of blades on different trucks go by and then the giant pedestal was on yet another truck that went by.




The worlds largest truck stop on I80 just west of I280 near Davenport IA. Worth a stop if you are driving by.




One of the the many antique trucks on display in the worlds largest truck stop. The place was huge with many different departments.





Jack bought a bag of popcorn at the worlds largets truck stop and was eating it as he was driving.



Entering Indiana. Getting closer to home.