Adventures in Iowa

They built it and people came

Today I went the distance to discover a place I felt I already knew before I arrived from one of my favorite movies: Field of Dreams. I resisted the urge to quote lines from the movie out loud to my guide Karla Thompson from the Dyersville Area Chamber of Commerce as...

Iowa from the treetops

When I was little I always impatiently awaited my next chance to play in my friend's tree house, which we would stay in until the setting sun forced us both inside. Today, I explored a tree house in Marshalltown, Iowa that made my friend's one-room tree house seem...

Is this heaven? No, it’s Iowa.

After exiting the Des Moines International Airport this morning, I took a right turn and found myself immediately immersed in the bright greens of America's heartland. Corn fields hugged both sides of the road and dairy cows munched on the lush prairie grasses as I...

The Great Northwest, Face to Face

WASHINGTON-OREGON BORDER "“ The light comes streaming through the gaps in the curtains early this morning, and out the window of my sleeper car I can see clear blue skies and the beautiful Columbia River flowing alongside the tracks. In the wee hours of last night,...

Making the Most of a Rainy Day

GLACIER NATIONAL PARK "“ Sooner or later, we all have rainy days, even at times when we are really hoping to see the sun. Today I was scheduled to take a four-mile hike around a lake in Glacier National Park with Jan Metzmaker, Director of the Whitefish Convention and...

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