We spent the past few weeks on an unscheduled trip to Forest City, Iowa and the manufacturing facility of Winnebego. While Iowa was cool and all, we were excited to be back on the road in a fully working coach again.
After contacting our new employer at the KOA in Boston/Cape Cod, and given the go-ahead, we were on the road again heading to our end of summer job in New England.
But we had to make one final stop before we left the state of Iowa. You see, on the eastern edge of Iowa, not far from the Mississippi River, is the World’s Largest Truckstop! We had seen it featured on several travel shows and we certainly couldn’t drive right by it without checking it out!
The Iowa 80 Truckstop, established in 1964, features eight restaurants, a convenience store, gift store, Super Truck Showroom, barber shop, chiropractor, dentist, movie theater, workout room, laundry facilities, gas islands, diesel fuel center, truck service center, Truckomat truck wash, Dogomat pet wash, CAT Scale, 24- private showers, trucking museum and more!
Yep. It’s a small city in one truck stop!
The truck stop itself is set on 220 acres, which is four times larger than the average truck stop. They receive nearly 5,000 visitors daily in the main building, have parking for 900 trucks, and 150 fuel pumps.
And the store is simply Disney Land for truckers and those that love the industry! You name it, they had it.
Need a back massage? They have a Chiropractor for that! Tooth hurts? There is a Dentist on call! Doggies dirty? Step up to the Dog-O-Mat!
Need a cup that is bigger than your head? They totally have your back!
Don’t miss the chance to check out the Iowa80 Truck Stop in Walcott, Iowa. It is well worth the time. Craziness!
In Indiana and Pennsylvania, we traveled through quite a bit of Amish Country. This gentleman in the photo above was driving into work. He apparently worked at the KOA that we were staying at in Mercer/Grove City Pennsylvania!
We are huge fans of Amish cooking. It’s pretty amazing. So, of course we stocked up. Those packages of noodles? Well they were made in Middlebury, Indiana. There were several noodle factories, run by the Amish, right nearby!
Soon, our trip took us to our final destination!
This will be our spot for the next several months at the Boston/Cape Cod KOA. We will be here until just past Columbus Day weekend, as work campers.
We love our tiny spot tucked into the woods!
And finally we can add a little cash to our suffering checkbook!
Our new jobs are in housekeeping!
Dave has always done the laundry, so I used to pride myself in saying that I haven’t done laundry in 25 years. That is no longer something that I can say. LOL!
Stay tuned for lots of great photos and sights to see in the Boston Cape Cod area! We are so excited to finally make it here!
