Yes, a Festivus for the rest of us We’re really growing fond of Kentucky. The beautiful country side, the rolling hills and a number of rivers and lakes that we’ve enjoyed paddling. And to get to most places that are worth going to, it’s mostly two-lane winding roads. Such is a risk-reward for traveling to…
Tag: Special Interest
Interesting side trips including tours, museums, caves, gardens, even parks.
RAGBRAI 2023
One L of a Ride Now just to clear things up at the start, no matter what you’ve heard about the Iowa country side, it is NOT flat! But it is beautiful. I’m not sure when RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa) made my bucket list but once on the list, this years’s…
Iola!
I wish I could start every trip we take with a car show. But I’d like to keep my travel partner so that will remain just a wish. The Iola Wisconsin Car show had been on my radar since we started planning this year’s tour. While my resto-modding project ( click here for that story…
Nooga Loop 6.7
Chattanooga Tennessee is an eight hour drive for us. That’s a little far for a race but this one looked particular interesting. So we thought we’d give it a try. The race was on Saturday so we headed out early Friday morning. Our first stop was one of our favorites, Joe Sippers in Effingham IL….
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…
Nashville-Day 2
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…
West Bend, Storm Lake, Kamrar July-2022
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…
The Grotto – July 2022
When I was very young, my parents took our family to Northwest Iowa to visit my mom’s relatives. While there, we took a side trip to West Bend to see a grotto. I did not remember much about this place but was motivated to visit again. Since David and I planned for our 2022 summer…