*We had an incredible time road tripping through North Dakota and were given complimentary admission into some of the area’s museums. The views expressed are always of our own. Let’s get back to gallivanting! Fargo (Spoiler Alert!) Fargo is the largest city in North Dakota, and it knows how to give their visitors an iconic… Continue reading North Dakota Roadside Road Tripping & Legendary Museums
*The summer travels took us to the Bismarck-Mandan area and we dove right into the EverSpring Inn & Suites. Our stay was complimentary and the views expressed are always of our own. Let’s gallivant! Bismarck, ND: Burleigh County There’s several days of beauty left in the summer of 2019 and Bismarck is the historic area… Continue reading Finding Bismarck’s EverSpring
*Our 8 day Upper Midwest road trip took us to some new places. One of them was Fargo and the Hotel Donaldson. Our stay at the HoDo was complimentary and the views expressed are always of our own. Let’s gallivant! Fargo, ND: Cass County The summer is still weeks away from ending and that means… Continue reading Breakfast in Bed or Bathtub: The HoDo of Fargo
Fargo, ND: Cass County One of our favorite ways to travel is via the great American road trip and then getting to your destination and saying goodbye to our car for the rest of our stay. Downtown Fargo is one of the best places to do such a thing and our grownup getaway had everything… Continue reading Fargo on Foot-Part 2 of 2: A Toasty, Cidery, Artsy Side of Downtown
Medora, North Dakota: Billings County Our first trip to Medora, ND was in May of 2003 and it was the headliner of our honeymoon road trip through Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Montana, and ending in North Dakota. We spent one night at a local Motel and then tent camped in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt… Continue reading Covered Wagon Camping & Another Round of Medora Splendor
Bismarck-Mandan, ND: Burleigh & Morton Counties (Our 3rd/4th ND Counties) Our gallivant to North Dakota ran parallel to the Lewis and Clark Trail for much of our trip. Stops in towns such as Council Bluffs, Sioux City, Elk Point, Crofton, Vermillion, Yankton, and then North Dakota’s State Capitol of Bismarck and its neighbor Mandan. The… Continue reading Bismarck Like A Boss
Fargo, ND: Cass County (Our 2nd ND County) Midwest metro area has certain panache to it these days and our friends in Fargo embrace this cultural movement. They, along with their neighbors in Moorhead, MN, have a little slogan that we got to know very well while we were there…”North of Normal.” This is certainly… Continue reading Fargo on Foot-Part 1 of 2: Tacos, Breweries, and the “Wurst”of Downtown
Billings County, North Dakota (Our First ND County) I write this post in a much different way than I usually do, and it may set the tone of The Iowa Gallivant going forward. I looked ahead and thought about the beautiful pictures we took and most of all the photos that Beautiful Badlands ND graciously… Continue reading A Teddy Roosevelt Anniversary None of Us Saw Coming
