{"id":10334,"date":"2018-10-09T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T15:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=10334"},"modified":"2018-10-08T00:40:55","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T05:40:55","slug":"boondocks-travel-station-closing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2018\/10\/boondocks-travel-station-closing\/","title":{"rendered":"Boondocks travel station closing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.cdn.anvato.net\/player\/prod\/v3\/anvload.html?key=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\"  width =\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the same weekend that we will celebrate the completion of four-lane US 20 across Iowa, a different part of US 20 history will be shutting down.<\/p>\n<p>The Boondocks Cafe, truck stop and motel, which opened June 5, 1973, will close for good Oct. 20. (Stories with autoplay warnings: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weareiowa.com\/news\/local-news\/beloved-boondocks-usa-truck-stop-to-close-this-month\/1501069944\">WOI<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcci.com\/article\/boondocks-usa-truck-stop-to-close-its-doors-for-good\/23588312\">KCCI<\/a>) It was a highway haven long before the big truck stop chains made their way into Iowa. I-35 ended at the interchange with old 20 from 1967 to 1975, making the location a prime spot for business. But for a few years now it&#8217;s had competition from a Flying J on the other side of the freeway, and sit-down cafes don&#8217;t have the allure they once did.<\/p>\n<p>(h\/t Austin Draude)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the same weekend that we will celebrate the completion of four-lane US 20 across Iowa, a different part of US 20 history will be shutting down. The Boondocks Cafe, truck stop and motel, which opened June 5, 1973, will &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2018\/10\/boondocks-travel-station-closing\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-highway-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10334"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10336,"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10334\/revisions\/10336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}