CHARLES CITY, IA.  Traffic was rather light on I-74 and I-80 today.  We traveled past very large farms with hundreds of acres of corn and beans.  We finished up today's trip on US 218, a quiet divided highway along more farms.  We stopped for diesel fuel at a Love's truck stop, and all the large trucks were hauling John Deere harvesting equipment and very large dump trucks.  It all appeared to be brand new, so there is likely a factory around here.  The degree to which farming dominates this area is evident everywhere you look.

The RV park we are staying at is a member of the Good Sam network with a high rating, but we were shocked when we saw it.  The entrance is dominated by a large liquor store.  The roads are very uneven loose gravel.  And there is no office to check in, only a laundry.  The host, who lives in a small trailer behind the laundry, was a pleasant and helpful lady, so we found our way to a long pull-thru site, though on unlevel loose gravel.  We share water with the RV next to us via a Y adapter, since there is only one faucet between us.  We managed to get set up well enough, so we got out the grill and had steaks along with some of the local corn on the cob.  I actually have tasted North Florida corn as good or better. 

Tomorrow we leave for a trip through the remainder of Iowa, then southern Minnesota and South Dakota. 

At This Angle, It Seems Like a Beautiful Site

Step Back a Bit and You See the Wider Context