One Couple’s Quest for Fun Kayaking, Cool Bike Trails and a Great Cup of Coffee
This section is for unique and interesting restraurants, bars, beistros, or maybe even a coffee shop that served a great meal.
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…
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…
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…
We had three events scheduled for Friday: a tour, a visit to the farmers market, and a show at the Opry Our walking tour started at 9:00am. I found this tour online and even though I wasn’t sure about it, it had great reviews. Nashville Underground Donut Tour. Really, who walks around downtown Nashville looking…
But first, Nashville We thought it best to break up our trip to Florida but an overnight stay in Nashville. We’ve done this before and it always seemed to work out. Starting out we needed some early caffeine. So we stopped at The Union Coffee and Ice Cream shop in Downs, IL. I think if…
This was going to be a big day as we were driving 1.5 hours to West Bend and another hour to Storm Lake then returning “home”. We headed out on Friday July 22 and stopped in Webster City at a very nice coffee shop for breakfast – Morning Glory Coffee. After breakfast, we drove to…
William Shatner was coming to Milwaukee WI in March so we jumped at the chance to see him. He’s 91, just went to space, and is a cultural icon. We’d seen his Shatner’s World show in 2019 and it was a two hours of great stories. On our drive through Wisconsin, we decided coffee was…
For most of the Iowa tour, we stayed at a centrally located Airbnb. Many of the out-and-back excursions were less than a two hour drive. Our general plan was to start driving to the destination, find coffee along the way then do the activities of the day, eat supper, then return for the night. This…
We’d heard of the Boone Dinner Train and it had come highly recommended so when planning the South Dakota we got reservations online. We bought out tickets in April for the July date. We were told that the dinner sells rides sell out very quickly. We arrived a little early and took our time touring…
Big Spirit Lake is part of the Iowa Great Lakes (see post) so we thought we would give it a try. However we woke up to 20 mph gusts- not ideal for paddling on such a big lake. So we opted to catch breakfast first the Breakfast Barn in Spirit Lake. Great classic breakfast, omelets,…