You need to have a iowa pork chop or corn fed T bone or ribeye steak with baked potato and all the fixings.  Casey gas station is popular and have good donuts for breakfast.   Ames has the Iowa state cyclones so buy a hat or shirt.  You will see a lot of corn and soybeans, tall steel bins are were we store our grain.  Long white buildings are for pork production.     Trees are planted on west and north side to block the cold winter winds. Iowa is friendly so if we wave hello to you wave back. You are in John Deere country and we drink Pepsi. Enjoy your visit