Counties of Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Chickasaw, Clayotn, Delaware, Fayette, Howard, Winneshiek
Waterloo, IA: Black Hawk County The magical date for all those who love all things Irish, even if it’s just for one day, is generally March 17th. The early days of spring gives us countless parades… and waves of green beer with corned beef and cabbage by the truck full. All can be enjoyable ways to… Continue reading Iowa Irish Fest 2017 is Coming! Aug 4th-6th
Decorah, IA: Winneshiek County What makes a great sandwich? Well, that’s up for debate and The Iowa Gallivant is here to keep it raging. And what better place to start our search than the home of the Norse in NE-IA. Our scrumptious first bite begins here…. Water Street in Decorah is where it’s at when you want shopping,… Continue reading The Best Between Bread- Iowa’s Sandwich Masters: Locale 1, Decorah
Decorah, IA: Winneshiek County Day 2 brought us a day in the low 30’s which made for perfect snowball and fort construction conditions. Our weekend Christmas home at Whitetail Cabin had a great hill for sledding and timber for the kids to go exploring. Yet another perk to this beautiful property just 1 mile outside Decorah. The… Continue reading The Greatest Decorah Christmas of All-Time: Day 2 of 2
Decorah, IA: Winneshiek County (Our 41st county!) *Our stay here was complimentary. The opinions expressed on this blog post are of our own. We have adventured our way through Iowa dozens of times and never have we decided to stray from home for Christmas… until 2016. I have written many great things about the splendor of… Continue reading The Greatest Decorah Christmas of All-Time: Day 1 of 2
Waterloo, IA: Black Hawk County There is no way we are tired of tacos. We will never grow weary of this amazing creation that is swarming Iowa. Everywhere we go, we find another place that is showing why we must continue this search. We head to a little place in downtown Waterloo for some true taqueria… Continue reading Hecho En Iowa-A Search for the Best Hometown Tacos: Locale 17, Waterloo
Waterloo, IA: Black Hawk County I’m just going to put this out there. We DID NOT go hungry during our trip to Waterloo. Not that anyone was worried about that. This area of Iowa has been producing some great restaurants for decades with more to be discovered. We even fit in a little baseball, cards,… Continue reading Daring Slides, Baseball, Black Jack, BBQ, & Flaming Cheese: Another Day in Waterloo
Waterloo, IA: Black Hawk County The chill is beginning to settle in, but that doesn’t mean that Team Goodvin plans on slowing down. In fact, it’s the perfect time of year to get out. Over and over throughout the day and weekend. We’re talking getting the culture bug worked out and we know just the where… Continue reading March of the Museums-Waterloo’s Culture, Icons, & the Bosnian Sandwich
Cedar Falls, IA: Black Hawk County (Our 15th County!) RAGBRAI’s (Register’s-Annual-Great-Bike-Ride-Across-Iowa) overnight #5 is on The Iowa Gallivant and we’re geared up to take a trip to it’s historic downtown district. Time for a Cedar Falls getaway with a gaggle of locals chomping at the bit to show us a great time! Fight back thoughts of boredom,… Continue reading Scouting RAGBRAI 2015-Part 3 of 8: The Personalities of Downtown Cedar Falls From an Old Ice House to 4-Alarm Thai Food
