This was a big day for us, one that we had been looking forward to for almost a year. Larry had found out that the Field of Dreams farmhouse is available to rent and stay in overnight. Now the day had come that we not only got to see the field but spend the night in the house!

But first we had to get to Iowa from Springfield, Illinois. We decided to make Burlington our entrance point to Iowa. This also enabled us to go back to Mt. Pleasant where our nephew got married last summer. It was a fun little side trip to see the town and winery where they got married again. Burlington also has a rival to San Francisco’s Lombard Street, called Snake Alley. We had to check that out too.

When we arrived at the Field of Dreams house, the first thing we did was go on a tour of the house, which anyone can sign up for. It was fun to go through the house and have the guide point out how scenes were filmed. We found out that they filmed all the house scenes and field scenes there in Dyersville on the farm. None of it was done in a studio.

Our host showed us how to turn on the field lights, where to order pizza delivery if we didn’t want to leave the house, and how to make the shower work. All the important things. Then everyone was gone, and it was just Larry and I in the house. I had thought that maybe it would be a little spooky or weird, but it really wasn’t at all. It was just very cool. There we were, in the house and on the porch swing just like in the movie. We turned the field lights on when the sun was setting and sat outside. Once it got too cold and dark, we went in to watch the movie on the TV inside. They have it conveniently cued up and ready to go if you want to watch it. It was pretty fun to match up scenes to where we were sitting and hanging out.

We have been lucky to have stayed in some pretty amazing places on this trip. My thanks to Larry for planning ahead enough to make it all happen. It will be hard to pick favorites. But maybe they will each hold a special memory for me for different reasons. Picking a favorite would be too difficult!