Counties of Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Linn, Muscatine, Washington
Coralville, North Liberty & Swisher, IA: Johnson County Iowa City Area: 1988-My mom and I move to Goosetown (Northside Iowa City) from our home in Marion, IA. Back in 1988, there didn’t seem to be many reasons to head off to Coralville, North Liberty, or Swisher. Why would you venture off to Coralville? Well, there’s… Continue reading Club 965-Cruising the Creative Corridor’s Unofficial Main Street
Ladora, IA: Iowa County Iowa’s historic HWY 6 is one of the best afternoon drives anyone can take. Not too far from Des Moines in the west and not too far from Iowa City in the east, is a very small town that has seen its fair share of history. In the recent years, Ladora’s… Continue reading An Iowa County Meal You Can Bank On-Ladora’s Epicurean Rise
Hills, IA: Johnson County Over the Mother’s Day weekend, team Goodvin decided to just stay put. Let’s chill and stay local and we’ll come up with some plans for the next road trip. And then we look out our kitchen window. We’re still the “new family” on our block and getting acquainted with the happenings that Hills,… Continue reading A Showdown of Iowa’s Bravest in Our Own Backyard
Coralville, IA: Johnson County The Register’s-Annual-Great-Bicycle-Ride-Across-Iowa (RAGBRAI) has spoken! The 2015 route has been announced and The Iowa Gallivant will be scouting all 8 overnight stops. We begin with the 7th overnight locale that’s conveniently close to our headquarters in Hills- Iowa River Landing in Coralville, one of Johnson County’s premiere destinations for dining, shopping,… Continue reading Scouting RAGBRAI-Part 1 of 8: 24 Hours Inside Iowa River Landing
Iowa City, IA: Johnson County The previous cold spell is still fresh on many Iowans minds. On this day the mercury hit 42 degrees and the locals were out in full force to soak it all up before the next front hits. Team Goodvin was in on the action too. Another few degrees higher and… Continue reading The Iowa City Expedition-Part Five: Trueblood’s Winter Escape
Coralville, IA: Johnson County Iowa City, IA: Johnson County 3/5 of Team Goodvin left from our home in Hills, took a train in Coralville, unloaded in University Heights and walked to the stadium in Iowa City. That’s right, four towns in 30 minutes. And the drive, from Hills to the Coralville, was the longest part.… Continue reading The Iowa City Expedition-Part Four: An Express Ticket to “Farmageddon”
Iowa City, IA: Johnson County This article is NOT gluten free. It’s NOT free of sugar. And I feel like a better man for announcing that I crave a donut, from time to time, and my favorite place to go isn’t any of the local shops that specialize in one of the finest pastry inventions… Continue reading The Iowa City Expedition-Part Three: A Trip Down Dingleberry For IC’s BEST Donut
Iowa City, IA: Johnson County It’s late August in, Iowa City, and that means one thing. The trickle of students coming into this college town has turned into a full on swarm! And my favorite part of the IC welcome wagon is the annual Taste of Iowa City. Our downtown district showcases it’s establishments to… Continue reading The Iowa City Expedition-Part Two: An Army of Eternal Youth
Amana, IA: Iowa County (Our 8th County!) August 29th, 1999. After lunch at the Colony Inn, Jay Goodvin strolls over to the local brewery and has his fist pint of craft beer. It was my 21st birthday and the day I fell in love with microbreweries. The Millstream brew was the highlight of my day, back in… Continue reading If you’re not at the not Millstream Brewing Company, then what are you doing?
Kalona, IA: Washington County and Johnson County (Our 3rd and 4th Counties) I was getting the dairy shakes and the can of bacon flavored EZ Cheese wasn’t doing the trick. It was time to take a trip to the land of cheese curds! Another run to the are just outside of Kalona in the northern part… Continue reading Curds Aweigh! A quest for cheese and the finest spices in the heart of Amish country…
