Covered Bridges of Madison County, Iowa

Believe it or not, I never thought much about covered bridges being anywhere else but Ohio.  I remembered a movie being released called The Bridges of Madison County, but, admit I've never seen it.  And, I've just recently learned that the movie was based on a book, which I have only recently read. 

To get to the point, when we asked my mother-in-law if there were any particular things she was interested in seeing as we made our journey from Ohio back to Montana, she asked if we were going to be going through Iowa.  That wasn't our first choice, but when I inquired why, she said she'd like to see the Bridges of Madison County because she loved the book and movie so much.  Okay.  Let's do it.

So, although I had NO idea what she was talking about at the time, I made sure our route home included some time to visit these covered bridges.  While visiting, we stopped at a gift shop that sold, among other things, copies of the book that made these bridges so popular.  So, along with some postcards my daughter wanted to send to friends and family, I bought the book.

I photographed the bridges as I would any other covered bridge, without knowing the significance of them.  However, that night, I started reading the book while on vacation and staying in a cabin near the Badlands and was pleasantly surprised to find that one of the main characters was a photographer!  Ironic?  When I finally got home, I dove into the book and finished it in only a matter of hours.  Now, I'll have to see the movie.  I guess I've done it a little backwards...I think most people read the book, saw the movie and then visited the bridges.

Our visit to Madison County didn't allow us to see ALL the bridges.  My mother-in-law picked the ones she wanted to see most, based on the book and movie, of course!  So, here they are...

And I also put together a composition of the bridges we saw as well!