Saturday, October 17, 2020

Buddy Holly Crash Site Iowa 09 05 2020

 After visiting the wonderful

Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake Iowa, we made our way to the "crash site" where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper lost their lives.

The kind folks at the Surf Ballroom will give you instructions, and a very simple map to get to the location.  It is just a few miles away.

You DO have to do some travelling on some very gravelly roads though.  We were told that some bikers make the trip to the Surf Ballroom, but they don't go to the crash site because of all of the gravel.

I understand that.  You ARE on some roads that you have to drive very slow on.

There is a very sweet LARGE metal Buddy Holly glasses frame someone has put up, showing you the starting point for the trail you will have to walk through to get to the actual site.  

They told us at the Surf Ballroom that its about the length of 2 football fields to get there.  We walked it in under 10 minutes.

Once you get to the site, there is another nice metal marker, and of course people have left mementos there.


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