We are on our way north from St. Louis to Minneapolis to see the Twins on Fri night. So we stopped at the Field of Dreams in Dyersville, IA today. I have to say this place was pretty cool. We were here on a Thu afternoon about 3pm and there were many people there in different parts of the area. There is a sign that talks about the movie and how the location was chosen and all of that. There used to be an ownership "squabble" as the field actually lay on two different farms with everything but LF and part of CF owned by one farmer and the other piece owned by another farmer but that has since been resolved. It isn't too touristy or commercial at all and it doesn't cost anything to be there although they do have a place where you can donate and there's also a souvenir area too but it is hardly the focus. In reading about it, the owners actually pay Universal Studios royalties on all the items they sell that say "Field of Dreams" which is interesting and sounds kind of bad for a big movie studio to be charging a farmer, but a copyright is a copyright I guess.
Of course, the focus is the FIELD since it is called Field of Dreams. When we got there, about 5-6 people were playing ball on the field so my son and oldest daughter joined in. There were a few other groups out in the outfield area and near the corn but they were hardly in any danger from the batters hitting a ball out that way. We were there 3 hours "having a catch" and nobody hit a ball within 50 feet of the corn as it is the size of a real MLB diamond although I don't know the actual dimensions. There were just as many adults there as kids and we even played with a father and two of his sons that were well into there 20s or 30s.
We had a blast and took some pics of our kids in action. If you're in the area or even if you're not but are a big baseball fan and/or a fan of the movie, I strongly recommend taking the trek out there to see it for yourself.
We'll be in the Metrodome tomorrow night watching the Twins take on Cleveland.
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