Counties of Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Keokuk, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Wapello, Warren, Wayne
Knoxville, IA: Marion County (Our 36th County!) Here we go again! Team Goodvin is on another road trip and another great Iowa town lured us in for another great round of tacos! Knoxville has a thriving town square that offers some great eats, but we needed another fix from south of the border to get this taco… Continue reading Hecho En Iowa-A Search for the Best Hometown Tacos: Locale 23, Knoxville
Winterset, IA: Madison County (Our 35th County!) One of the best road trips you can take in Iowa is through Madison County. Legions of travelers love the covered bridges, rolling hills, and unique landscapes. We were passing through and needed to soak in as much of Winterset as we could in a short period of time.… Continue reading Two Hours in Winterset
Ottumwa, IA: Wapello County One of the hardest choices we had to make when visiting Ottumwa was picking a taqueria to feature in this series. Ottumwa is absolutely loaded with authentic Mexican restaurants and that is all Team Goodvin needs to hear for road trip roll call. We NEED tacos. Ottumwa has thousands of them. Let’s… Continue reading Hecho En Iowa-A Search for the Best Hometown Tacos: Locale 16, Ottumwa
Eldon, IA: Wapello County America’s roadside attractions have been luring in travelers ever since the tourism became an industry. Iowa has plenty to go around and thanks to Grant Wood we have one of the most popular stops for any road trip’ster! We were travelling through on our way to Ottumwa and we were lucky enough… Continue reading Team Goodvin Gothic
Ottumwa, IA: Wapello County (Our 31st County!) RAGBRAI is quickly approaching and the excitement is building all over southern Iowa. Overnight #6 is in Ottumwa and the town is anticipating a very successful celebration. It takes a lot blood, sweat, and spandex to pull off a RAGBRAI bash and Ottumwa has the ambassadors to make it happen. And… Continue reading Scouting RAGBRAI 2016-The City of Bridges and 10,000 Tacos: Ottumwa Gears Up
Albia, IA: Monroe County When you want a shrimp taco….you need to get a shrimp taco! We were road tripping through southern Iowa when we hit up Monroe County and the town square of Albia. Standing out with the rest of the historic buildings was Casa Agave. It was a Sunday afternoon and the restaurant was… Continue reading Hecho En Iowa-A Search for the Best Hometown Tacos: Locale 9, Albia
Lamoni, IA: Decatur County Iowa’s “border towns” see visitors, travelers, and tourists by the truckload everyday of the year. Lamoni is positioned right smack-dab in south-central Iowa and welcomes traffic coming in from Missouri every moment of the day. What more travelers need to know is that a short drive into Lamoni is a family owned… Continue reading Hecho En Iowa-A Search for the Best Hometown Tacos: Locale 8, Lamoni
Leon, IA: Decatur County (Our 28th County!) Here we go again, riders! Our RAGBRAI-2015 scouting series was so successful, we said “RAGBRAI-2016….Hell yea! Let’s do it again!” Needless to say we had a blast last year visiting all the overnight towns on the Register’s-Annual-Great-Bike-Ride-Across-Iowa. We had absolutely no doubt that 2016 would be just as amazing. Part 1 of… Continue reading Scouting RAGBRAI 2016: Lakeside in Leon
Avery, IA: Monroe County (Our 24th County) The things you see when you take the dirt road and not worry about where it leads… Some of Iowa’s greatest historic landmarks, inspiring and scenic views, and unknown treasures can be found in places that rarely show up on tourism brochures and websites. Rural Monroe County is home to… Continue reading The Back Roads-Iowa’s Great Pyramids
