[QB93Z]

Day 3 - We drove from Moline, IL to Grande Island, Nebraska. Our first stop after getting on I-80 West was at The World's Largest Truck Stop. It was worth a stop. We had fun looking at all the displays and merchandise and restaurants:





There is a very large building housing the Truck Museum. Unfortunately we were too early and the museum was not open. So we will see it next time.

During the day we got rained on four times but traffic moved well except one "single lane" section for bridge construction.

We stopped in Des Moines, Iowa to visit the Des Moines Sculpture Garden and the Des Moines Art Center. My favorite sculpture Nomande, by Juanse Plensa was a steel structure composed of letters:




At the Art Center we were very impressed with the extensive permanent collection that was on display. Entrance to the museum is free and the facilities were excellent.




Our favorite paintings were "Automat" by Edward Hopper:




And an beautiful portrait of two children by John Singer Sargent:



Jim