Driving Ms Daisy: Utah to Iowa

July 22, 2018

RV mileage 56418

Sherry woke up at 3 am I hadn’t slept as I was having trouble breathing, phlegm in my throat. Anyway we decided to travel on down the road. We left the Coalville, Utah RV park at 4:45 and drove separate. After 2 hours we pulled into a truck stop and I got about an hours sleep. I felt better as I had taken some sinus meds. Refueled two times and pulled into a roadside park for lunch. Found a place to stay in Chappell, Nebraska at Creekside RV Park. We had driven about 600 miles and I went to bed early and slept all night.

July 23, 2018

Left the campground at 7:45 and hooked up Jeep to RV and then drove about 150 miles. Decided to drive separate again as it was extremely windy and crosswind was causing swaying. When we reached Iowa we stopped at the Visitor center and it was recommended we stop at Winterset and get a site at the city park. We found out the movie “Bridges of Madison County” was filmed here. This is also the home to John Wayne’s birthplace.

We stayed 2 nights at the City Park as it was very nice and only $20 for full hookup. The city of Winterset is very beautiful with lots of hanging baskets lining the streets. There was shopping for Sherry with a Fons and Porter quilt shop and a fiber shop.

John Wayne birthplace

Castle at city park

July 23, 2018

Toured the John Wayne museum, after a short film we walked to the house and museum where the actor was born. They had restored the inside to look like it would have when he was here. His father was a Pharmacist and moved the family to California when the actor was still a young boy. This whole town gets a thumbs up from us as a place to visit.