The Bridges of Madison County

The Bridges of Madison County is a 1992 best-selling novel by Robert James Waller which tells the story of a lonely Italian war bride who engages in an adulterous affair with a National Geographic photographer from Bellingham, Washington who has come to Madison County, Iowa in order to create a photographic essay on the covered bridges in the area. The novel is presented as a novelization of a true story, but it is in fact entirely fiction. However, the author admitted in an interview that there are strong similarities between the main character and himself.

The novel is one of the bestselling books of the twentieth century, with 50 million copies sold worldwide.

The Bridges of Madison County was made into a 1995 film of the same name adapted by Richard LaGravenese and directed by Clint Eastwood. It stars Eastwood and Meryl Streep. (compliments of Wikipedia)

Even though we have never seen the movie or read the book we took a drive to Madison County to see what it's all about...

We strolled around Courthouse Square and went by the birthplace of John Wayne, for all you Old Western lovers out there. After that we went to the City Park where they had a Hedge Maze, Clark Tower and Cutler-Donahoe Covered Bridge.