FUN comes in many forms for our family, and our recent long weekend in Indy was filled with many kinds. And some of that fun even required WORMS! Our son and his family live in a wonderful neighborhood which includes their own neighborhood swimming pool as well as several beautiful ponds. Their kid-friendly home is […]
Baseball (and Sports In General) – Our Family’s Love Affair With Competition
Baseball (and competition in general) goes back generations in our family. And our recent trip to Indy got me thinking about the way sports can link one generation to the next. And the next. And now the NEXT! Peepaw and I both had relatives who played both college and even semi-pro sports, and I guess […]
Peoria, Illinois – Three Downtown Irish Pubs Within Walking Distance
Downtown Peoria is home to three great Irish pubs…and we checked out all three of them. (The things I do for all of you!) We spent the night at the Courtyard Marriott, located in downtown Peoria. And the first Irish pub is located about a block away. It’s called Kenny’s Westside Pub. We’ve eaten there […]
Peoria Holocaust Memorial – Peoria, Illinios
Sometimes the most amazing discoveries on our Road Trips occur completely by accident. And that was exactly the case with the Peoria Holocaust Memorial. But now that I have seen it I must say that monument is something you must experience if your travels take you through Peoria. Our most recent trip included an overnight […]
Kalona and Colona…I’ve Finally Been To Both
Kalona vs. Colona. I grew up in one of them and I heard stories about the other one! Both Mom and Dad worked in the Kalona Iowa Post Office when I was a child. I remember Mom coming home from work and telling us about the many letters that arrived in Kalona, Iowa but were […]
Home Town Cafe – Millersburg, Iowa…It’s a GEM In The Heartland
Our summer Road Trips take us all over the Heartland…and some days I have no idea where we’ll end up. (That’s the beauty of being retired!) But recently I had no idea that a day trip to Des Moines would land us at the Home Town Cafe in Millersburg Iowa when dinnertime rolled around! You […]
Our VERY CHERRY Road Trip! (Too Short…But Oh So Sweet!)
You know my motto…Waste Not Want Not. So when our son sent a photo of his Indiana cherry tree… I heard that little voice inside my head begin to scream…ROAD TRIP! I simply could not let all of those cherries go to waste…or go to the birds either. So Peepaw and I took off one […]
The House On The Rock – Spring Green, Wisconsin
The House On The Rock was not in our game plan when we headed to Wisconsin to watch a weekend filled with baseball games, but when we realized our drive would take us right past the entrance we simply had to make time to make a brief, but memorable detour. The back roads of Wisconsin […]
11 Rules For Eating Out With Kids
Rules are a good thing, Sometimes we’re all forced to stop for a fast food meal, and unfortunately for some children a fast food joint is the only type of “restaurant” they know. But now that we’re back in the Midwest we sometimes take our grandkids out for a “real sit-down” meal…And Peepaw and I […]
Like Dorothy Said…There’s NO Place Like HOME…
We love spending time in Indy, but after a few days of hugs and catching up with our family there we were ready for the last leg of our snowbird journey. After spending five months away from Iowa it was time to leave for home. Before we packed up for that final leg of our […]