They Built It, So We Went

I am quickly learning there are a lot of meat eaters in Iowa and it is hard to find non-meat items on a menu. I am getting tired of breaded cod which has been my go to.
This past Saturday my sisters and I met our cousin Sandy in the small town of Dyersville for lunch. I decided to order the rueben without the meat. You should have seen the face of the waitress when I ordered that. The sandwich was very good. I should have requested the meat on the side because they charged me regular price. I am sure one of my sisters or Sandy would have eaten it for me. I took pictures of my sandwich but forgot to take a picture of Sandy! Next time.

Dyersville's population is a little over 4000. There are  exciting places to see in Dyersville if you ever go there!
After lunch my sisters and I decided to visit a couple of these places. The first stop was the Basilica. There are only 69 Basilicas in the United States and to have one in such a small town is amazing to me.

We were not able to go inside this time because there was a funeral going on but I have been inside and it is amazing and beautiful. I will take picture next time, or you can Google it.

We then headed to the Field of Dreams.

We were surprised at how many people were there. People still come 25 years after the movie was released. There wasn't any corn in the field but that didn't stop the girls softball team from running  way out into the cornfield. The acted like they were playing a game too. I guess it is a big thing to run the bases be we didn't do that. 

Dyersville is ten miles away from my Mom's hometown Earlville, so we went to visit Mom and Dad.

As you can see, Mom didn't live much longer than Dad. I will write about that later, probably in May on her one year anniversary of leaving us.
I then remembered that I had just bought a plot here and decided I had made the right choice. It is a beautiful cemetery. I will be cremated and my family always wondered what to do with my ashes. My daughter Molly once mentioned she would throw me down a mountain. Now they won't have to make that decision. The picture below shows where mom and dad are and that my ashes and maybe Mikes, will be either next to Mom or next to my sister Jo. She bought a plot there too.

It was a great day spent with my sisters. It felt good to get away and not worry about painting!
The floor is slowly going in.