When we left our house for a day of baseball games I had no idea we would end up in Stone City Iowa instead! But sometimes life takes all of us in a direction we don’t anticipate. We piled our GrandCamp lovin’ Indy girls into the car and we headed for Monticello, Iowa to watch […]
The Harvest Moon Cafe – Rome, Georgia
I’ve named my trusty phone GPS Maps voice “Stella”, and she rarely lets me down. So I took her advice when she recommended The Harvest Moon Cafe in Rome, Georgia as a good place for lunch on our recent Northern Snowbird migration on our wonderful Road Less Traveled. You know the old saying. When in Rome… […]
Bokampers Five Buck Wagyu Burger – Our Lunch With A View
Please allow me to introduce you to the best five dollar burger lunch in Fort Lauderdale! And the best part for us? We can walk there from our condo. Yes, Bokampers is right across the water from our condo. And to get there we simply walk out our back door and walk across the drawbridge […]
Oakwood Cafe – Dalton, Georgia…Breakfast With A Side Of Southern Hospitality
Our Snowbird Trek to the Sunshine State began before dawn. And Dalton Georgia was our first overnight destination. We love getting an early start on road trips, and watching the sunrise is a new beginning each day. I bet OUR road trips are different from just about everyone else’s on the planet. You see, we […]
A Bird’s Eye View In Iowa City – VUE Rooftop Restaurant and Outdoor Patio
VUE. Sometimes a name says it all. The best city view in downtown Iowa City is easy to come by. Just head to the 12th floor of the beautiful new Hilton Garden Inn, and when those elevator doors open you’ll find yourself at VUE. It’s the newest, most amazing restaurant and cocktail lounge in Iowa […]
Niles Grill – Niles, Illinois…A Five Star Family Run Diner You Won’t Want To Miss
Our “Road Trips” take us in many directions, and a recent Chicago trip found us hungry for breakfast on a beautiful Sunday morning. And that’s when we hit the jackpot in Niles, Illinois. You see, a “diner breakfast”, hot coffee and the Sunday paper are the norm for us, no matter where we are. I […]
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 […]
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 […]