Lake Anita State Park, Iowa

Yesterday we drove to west Iowa and we’re staying at a lovely campground on Lake Anita.  We’ll be here until tomorrow morning and then we head up near South Dakota.

We discovered that we are near the covered bridges of Madison County.  Some of you may be familiar with the book by Robert James Waller or with the movie staring Clint Eastwood (who plays a photographer) and Meryl Streep (who of course, falls in love with him).  We went into the small town of Winterset and had lunch at the Northside Cafe featured in the movie.  The food was good and the atmosphere felt just like what it was – a small town place with authentic small town appeal.

In the movie Clint sat at the fourth stool from the right 🙂 Just sayin’

We spent the afternoon taking pictures of the bridge that Clint photographs for a magazine in the movie.  It’s called Roseman Bridge and was built in 1883. Here are some of the shots and video we captured.

A little drone footage.

This is a time lapse of the clouds moving in the sky.

It was a romantic movie. . .

And look! John is just like Clint! 

We had fun and just really enjoyed the day.  What a great find in Iowa!