All The Small Treasures We Found Today Along Route 20

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World’s Largest Popcorn Ball: Sac City, Iowa. They keep having to rebuild it (bigger and better) in order to maintain that distinction.

This morning there was fresh dew in Waterloo, Iowa. It helped to remind us we were still just half a drive away from Chicago. Three hundred and fifty miles later though and the sky now seems too dry for morning dew. The food options have also drastically changed with our dinner menu tonight much more “meat forward” than Corey would prefer. In-between now and this morning though was a world of simple and grand adventures only possible when traveling the route less traveled.

Morning began at Sidecar in Waterloo with delicious breakfast “sammie’s” and fresh roasted coffee

And then more caffeine at Hardline Coffee Company which is housed in an early twentieth century building that just a few years ago was the site of an adult book store.

Quite a lot of public art in Sioux City, Iowa
The Sioux City Art Center boasts an impressive Iowa focused art collection that includes a seven paneled pieced by Grant Wood (American Gothic) that will sadly not be available to the public again until 2026. The museum was still very cool and, incredibly, free.

Corey wrote beautifully last night about repurposing. Within this retracing though there  also remains the possibility of new discovery. This is partly the reason why we keep repeating the same steps.

Corey at the Roth Fountain in Sioux City, Iowa

Evening surprise viewed from our hotel window in O’Neill, NE

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