Cooperstown, NY July 6 I have been a baseball fan since before I was born. Literally. I have a picture of my dad and my 8 month-pregnant mom at one of the games of the 1974 World Series between the Dodgers and the A’s. As a lifetime fan of baseball, it’s only fitting that my […]
Category: Trip Report
Niagara Falls State Park
July 5 I specifically picked Hamburg, NY, for our second night after leaving Iowa thanks to its close proximity to our next stop, Niagara Falls. A short 30 minute drive from the Motel 6 would allow me to try to beat the holiday weekend crowd that was sure to be there.
University of Notre Dame
South Bend, IN July 4, 2024 The first stop after my brief stay in Iowa was in South Bend Indiana. I had no idea until I got there that South Bend was the home to one of the premiere universities in the United States.
The Greens Summer Tour – Cannon Beach, OR, Part 2
Welcome back to part 2 of my report on our trip to Cannon Beach, Oregon, the second stop on the Greens Summer Tour. Part two picks up right where part one left off, seeing us pick up on my Thursday after work adventure.
The Greens Summer Tour – Cannon Beach, OR, Part 1
June 13 – 27 After our week-long visit to Gunnison, Colorado, and a brief three day visit to our home base in Ottumwa, the Greens Summer Tour of 2024 continued on with a trip to Cannon Beach, OR. This part of the trip was so jam-packed with excitement that I’m going to break it into […]
The Greens Summer Tour – Gunnison, CO
May 31 – June 7 The Greens Summer Tour of 2024 started last week with our triumphant return to the Western Slope of Colorado. This will be part one of, like, 100 in the series.
Canon City, Crested Butte, CO Part 2
As I mentioned in the first post on this trip, it was such a jam-packed getaway, I couldn’t contain it all in one post. In fact, the first week of our trip took SEVEN posts to adequately cover all the adenvtures we went on! The second week, however, wasn’t so busy.
Iowa Hawkeyes Men’s Basketball
March 10, 2024 For Sue’s birthday, Brandy and I decided to get her and Craig tickets to the Iowa Hawkeyes Men’s basketball game in Iowa City where they were to take on the Illinois Fighting Illini. This was my first time ever going to a college sportintg event, and my first time at a basketball […]
Canon City, Crested Butte, CO Part 1
This was another one of those trips where we did so much, I’ll have to break it into many more easily digestible posts. This post, I will be talking about our departure and our visit to Canon City and will lead us up to the end of week number one when we depart for Crested […]
Skyline Drive
February 18, February 24 With a little time to kill before our 3:00 check-in at our AirBnB, we decided to make a short detour and drove Skyline Drive, a thrilling 3 mile drive up and over a hogback on the west side of Canon City.