Let’s get it out of the way. Effingham IL has accepted and embraced the ‘effing’ slang associated with the city’s name. It’s on billboards and advertising. Gyms, shops, breweries, bars, and even an attorney use the term. So why not have a little fun with it. We’ve visited Effingham numerous times. It’s just about 2…
Category: Trips
The section will cover trips that don’t fall under the Paddle Peddle and Coffee or race trips. Florida, Texas and Wisconsin will be make up many of the posts.
A One-day Border Incursion into Iowa
We’ve attended a number of shows/concerts in the Quad-Cities. It’s an easy two hour drive. Usually, we attend the event then drive home. It makes for a late night but with minimal daily disruptions. Maybe we’re getting older, maybe it’s not as important to get right back home, I’m not sure. But we decided to…
Beautiful Rend Lake in January
The Trip Down We needed to get away for a couple of days. Events of the fairly new year, the bleak weather, and just wanting to be somewhere else for a day or two went into the decision to head south. Usually when we think about heading south it’s towards Florida or Texas but looking…
A weekend visit to the Lone Star State
We had not seen any of our Texas family for quite a while so we decided on a short weekend trip. We weren’t packing our bikes or boats-there was simply no time this trip. As it worked out, there was a baby shower and a birthday party scheduled for this weekend. We left late Thursday…
The journey home
We made our last stop in PCB at 7am at The Pour. In fact we actually had to wait a couple of minutes for them to open up. We bought two very large cups and put the coffee in our thermos. We took one last view of the nice courtyard/patio and we were on our…
Last days in PCB
We started the day at The Pour, again. It was beautiful outside so we sat on the patio soaking up the sun. Our primary activitiy today was kayaking. Powell Lake was about 45 minutes west and seemed like a good choice. Powell Lake is defined as a coastal dune lake. It’s fresh water but at…
Settling in to a routine at PCB
Our favorite local activities. We woke up to a beautiful morning, We headed to our new favorite PCB coffee shop, The Pour. But first we had to drive by Parlor Donuts to get there. For days we had been unable pass the donut shop without stopping. But today we wanted breakfast at The Pour so…
Sunset cruise
A three TWO hour tour When planning this trip and scouting interesting activities, I found a number of boat cruises and excursion. I settled on Island Time Sailing. They promised dolphins as well. So two weeks before our trip I did my due diligence and checked the weather. Rain on and off was predicted for…
Monday at PCB
No, not that PCB. We noticed almost immediately upon our arrival that the locals referred to the town as PCB. This took a little getting used to because I remember in my younger days PCB’s (polychlorinated biphenyls) had a bad reputation. In Florida, it means something much better. Today we discovered Parlor Doughnuts-again, at Panama…
I like Traffic jams
The band, not on the interstate A bad 60’s music reference aside, the best description for the second leg to Panama City Beach would be traffic, coffee, traffic, coffee, then more traffic. I-65 was bumper-to-bumper at 80 mph. It reminded me of the old adage,”Either lead, follow, or get out of the way”. When traveling…