'Trucker's Disneyland' Is the Pit Stop to End All Pit Stops

since i have been retired, i have had second thoughts on things i shoulda, coulda, woulda done while on the road.

i suppose that particular time i drove by, i coulda taken some time to at least pull in, woulda checked it out, then maybe shoulda grabbed some sort of meal.

the old saying, "you only live once" applies to many things, in our lives.

oh well.

 

The reason I love the Walcott 80 is the size of the lot . I used to pick up alot of steal coils 20 miles from there so I never had to worry about where I would park for the night

 

Yeah Blimpie is so much better than Subway. The one at the Iowa 80 was the first one I'd seen in years. I used to eat them back when I lived in Texas. I'd thought they went out of business or something.

 

I was there inadvertently last year during the truck show(didnt know it was going on). I picked up in western Iowa on a Friday and was oversized and curfew was coming up so I stayed there. Also last week, I delivered in Des Moines Monday morning, and my next pickup wasn't until Thursday in Illinois so I stayed there monday and Tuesday night. On a side note, my trailer is still in Illinois, I left it there last Thursday because they couldnt load it in time and holiday oversize restrictions. I bobtailed home, ill go pick it up monday to deliver in Charlotte Tuesday sometime. Ok carry on....

 

HOWEVER, those times were when the Chatter Box drowned out all other CB Traffic.
Them Thar Good Ol' Days & Nights!!

 

Last time I spent the night there, jb hunt tail swinged my passenger mirror leaving the parking spot next tome. Luckily he didn't take the whole thing off... yes you read that right. I got tailswinged at Walcott of all places... haven't been back since.

 

I dont like the blind overpass to get on or off there so I seldom stop there .

 

That taco place at garden of Eden is good

 

That is a Taco Time.

 

It was a different place when they had the old building. Not so much a tourist trap like it is now. Thinking back, was it in 98 or 99 when they did the remodel?