After traveling 12 states the last two weeks (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and finally Georgia), I’m home.
Memphis - the Zoo was cool. Seeing the Beale Street area and Civil Rights Museum was also cool. The rest sucked. The hotel was horrible, the roads sucked and the BBQ was not up to par.
Arkansas - just drove through, no real opinion
STL - great ballpark, the riverboat cruise was nice. Kids and no pic wife took in City Museum while I got some work done and really thought it was awesome. Of course, great BBQ.
Illinois - On the way to Dubuque, we stopped in Springfield to see the Lincoln home. Cool place for history. After Iowa, we hit up Chicago. The drive along northern Illinois was gorgeous. Loved the small cities and the hills. Chicago was great. Weather was nice, Wrigley never disappoints and seeing the city from the lake was a nice change.
Iowa - I’ll save the best for last
Indiana - mostly drive through. Nice stop in the middle of nowhere for ice
Ohio - mostly family time, but we did catch part of the Dayton Action Heritage Trail. Nice little place where the Wright Brothers got their start.
Kentucky - purely drive through with a shitton of rain.
Georgia - Braves game. No need to say anything else as my boys beat the hell out of the Nats Friday night.
Iowa - honestly a highlight for us and I’m not saying that because of my posting on this board. Dubuque is a nice area. The riverfront and downtown area was really nice. Didn’t expect so many hills, but I think that really added to the charm. HyVee stores are nice, but I still like Publix more. Field of Dreams was really great. Loved having a catch with my boys. Dyersville were quaint and quiet in a nice little downtown. Textile Brewing was good as well. Picked up some to bring back to Florida.
Now, the Big10 needs to invite us so I can party in IC.
CSB
Memphis - the Zoo was cool. Seeing the Beale Street area and Civil Rights Museum was also cool. The rest sucked. The hotel was horrible, the roads sucked and the BBQ was not up to par.
Arkansas - just drove through, no real opinion
STL - great ballpark, the riverboat cruise was nice. Kids and no pic wife took in City Museum while I got some work done and really thought it was awesome. Of course, great BBQ.
Illinois - On the way to Dubuque, we stopped in Springfield to see the Lincoln home. Cool place for history. After Iowa, we hit up Chicago. The drive along northern Illinois was gorgeous. Loved the small cities and the hills. Chicago was great. Weather was nice, Wrigley never disappoints and seeing the city from the lake was a nice change.
Iowa - I’ll save the best for last
Indiana - mostly drive through. Nice stop in the middle of nowhere for ice
Ohio - mostly family time, but we did catch part of the Dayton Action Heritage Trail. Nice little place where the Wright Brothers got their start.
Kentucky - purely drive through with a shitton of rain.
Georgia - Braves game. No need to say anything else as my boys beat the hell out of the Nats Friday night.
Iowa - honestly a highlight for us and I’m not saying that because of my posting on this board. Dubuque is a nice area. The riverfront and downtown area was really nice. Didn’t expect so many hills, but I think that really added to the charm. HyVee stores are nice, but I still like Publix more. Field of Dreams was really great. Loved having a catch with my boys. Dyersville were quaint and quiet in a nice little downtown. Textile Brewing was good as well. Picked up some to bring back to Florida.
Now, the Big10 needs to invite us so I can party in IC.
CSB