"This place has got everything."Jake Blues in The Blues Brothers.
One of my favorite places to stop during my trips west on Interstate 80 is the Iowa 80 Truckstop, which touts itself as the world's largest truckstop.
After visiting the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library last month with Little Marathon Pundit, we visited Iowa 80, and this place indeed has everything.
Yes, there is a gas station, as well as a restaurant, and of course, restrooms. But Iowa 80 also boasts showers, a movie theater, a barber, a sprawling gift shop, laundry facilities, a chiropractor, a library, a TV lounge, and a dentist.Everything.
Behind the truck stop is the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum.
Iowa 80 is located near Walcott, Iowa, just west of the Quad Cities area. It may not be as famous as South Dakota's Wall Drug, but Iowa 80 serves 5,000 people a day, which I'm pretty sure is far more than Wall Drug does.
Just 1,500 people live in Walcott.
Related posts:
Midwestern Presidential Pathway: Herbert Hoover Library and Museum
Midwestern Presidential Pathway: Herbert Hoover Birthplace
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4 comments:
My son has been searching the Net for information on receiving a CDL. Do you happen to know of a good truck driving school in the Chicago area?
I'm not on the computer much, but Ms. FIT visits your blog frequently, and she will check for a response.:)
Thank you,
Tom O'Toole
Fighting Irish Thomas
Dunno...Lemme ask Mrs. Marathon Pundit, she knows more about his stuff.
Where's Joe The Chef????
Talk about poetic justice!
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