Home Sweet Walcott.

For those of you who’ve been following the band for the last 4 years, you’ll know that the highlight of any of our tours is the required stop at Iowa80 – “The World’s Largest Truckstop.” Located in Walcott, Iowa on the north side of the interstate, it’s hard to miss. We were smart enough to stop here on our first tours back in the day, and it’s become a staple of every trip down I-80 since. The pictures don’t do it justice, but we did our best in the 4 hours we allotted ourselves to stay there.

Shopaholics beware. This place has more treasures than QVC. You best leave your wallet in the truck if you hope to have any gas money to get out of Iowa.

There are several areas of the store with t-shirts, including two stands of trademark-testing Christian t’s, and an entire section of incredible power animals.

Just under 3 hours to Des Moines from here. It’s our last day of driving (and our last evening gig) with Fred. We’ll take him to the Des Moines airport in the morning to fly back to Boston, and we’ll continue on to Nebraska for the last show of the tour. It’s a bittersweet day, but at least he got to the Truckstop before his journey ended. More from Des Moines…