25 March, 2009 -- John Wayne

Waall, hold it right thar, Pilgrum!

Lloyd and I detoured a little bit on the way home, visited Winterset, Iowa, southwest of Des Moines. We found the John Wayne birthplace, house and museum, gift shop.


Then, in a city park, there is one of the famed Bridges of Madison County. It was built in 1870, and moved from a few miles north of Winterset to the park in 1970. Next time we come to Iowa, I want to track down the rest of the bridges. There's a lot of grafiti inside, but the structure is very interesting.


And here's something you don't see very often.