Times are changing in eastern Iowa

The highway system pretty much defines where the eastern Iowa tourism dollar goes. People don’t seem to want to get off the beaten path any more. In today’s world people will stop and see something that is right off the exit but rarely will they go exploring. When I was a child my folks used to take Sunday drives along the back roads just to see what was there. We found lots of things to see and we would stop at some small town local restaurant for lunch. Nobody does much of that any more and as such most of the small towns can’t even keep a restaurant in business anymore.