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…
Tag: Paddle
We might be paddling on a lake, a river, or maybe even an intercoastal waterway. Our paddling usually is for recreation but it might be training for a event or maybe even a race itself.
Lake Macbride, Iowa City
As we were traveling to start the day we stopped for coffee at Coffee Revolution in Davenport, IA. The shop is a little bit of a drive south of I-80 but easy to get to. The shop had lots of branding items and gifts. In fact it seems that if you are a regular, you…
Spirit Lake Iowa-2022
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,…
Black Hawk Lake Iowa-2022
Today’s destination was about one hour from our Airbnb. Lake View, Iowa. We stopped at Miltons on Main coffee shop and restaurant in Lake View. We had a couple of breakfast sandwiches and the house coffee and looked over the rest of the day’s plan. We thought we’d paddle first then try the bike trails…
Cedar Falls July-2022
Cedar Falls was our destination for today. We planned a full day of activities. Our first stop was Iowa Falls to get some breakfast. It was right on the way. We got a good look again at the Iowa River that runs through the middle of town. It looked shallow with a few dams-not our…
Lake Okoboji, Arnolds Park and the Iowa Great Lakes, Iowa July-2022
We had visited Lake Okoboji on our trip to South Dakota the previous year. It was only a short stop and there was so much to see and do that it needed a second trip. Our destination was in the NW corner of Iowa, so starting at the furthest point of our tour and working…
Clear Lake Iowa Paddlefest
The South Dakota schedule worked out perfectly, so on our way back we stopped at Clear Lake Iowa to do the Paddlefest. This was the second time we’d done this race. Clear Lake (the lake) 3600 acres and is surrounded by Clear Lake (the town). The first time we did this race it was blowing…