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Potluck Crashing: An Illuminated Soup Supper

Coralville, IA: Johnson County The holiday season can supply some of the best community lights, meals, and goodwill you can experience all year long. A reminder to everyone when you see the two words “supper” or “potluck” next to a place of worship or community center you may want to ask yourselves if the plans… Continue reading Potluck Crashing: An Illuminated Soup Supper

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Potluck Crashing: Clear Creek BBQ CookOff-The Ultimate Church Supper

Harper, IA: Keokuk County We get invited to a lot of places and we make an honest to goodness attempt to visit as many areas we can here on The Iowa Gallivant. When someone calls and asks if I’d like to judge a BBQ cook-off I usually come running at full speed leaving dust behind me like in… Continue reading Potluck Crashing: Clear Creek BBQ CookOff-The Ultimate Church Supper

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Potluck Crashing: Korean Families Cook for All Nations

Iowa City, IA: Johnson County Let’s get right to the point here. We love great food. We seek great food. We find great food. Then we eat the great food. And here in Iowa we have come to know that some of the best ways to make all that happen is the good’ole fashion church supper.… Continue reading Potluck Crashing: Korean Families Cook for All Nations

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Potluck Crashing-Chilly Day, Chili Day in Donahue

Donahue, IA: Scott County What catches your eye when scrolling through Facebook? Hopefully you just said The Iowa Gallivant of course! Well, thanks for that, but I’ll tell what calls out to me…  hot chili with a little oyster coming in out of the blue. That’s all the road trip bait we needed to head to the… Continue reading Potluck Crashing-Chilly Day, Chili Day in Donahue

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Potluck Crashing-Soup Supper & Candlelight Night in North Iowa

Thank you to Winn-Worth Betco and the Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Northwood, Iowa for providing The Iowa Gallivant with a great room during our stay in North Iowa. We’ll see you again, everyone! Forest City, IA: Winnebago County (Our 70th County!) Welcome to our newest series that we couldn’t wait to start. Potluck Crashing! We travel out of town and… Continue reading Potluck Crashing-Soup Supper & Candlelight Night in North Iowa

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Where Town & Country Meet-Your Next Independence Day Destination

Hills, IA: Johnson County “You’re going to love what Hills does for the 4th of July.” This was said to us within the first day we started introducing ourselves to our new neighbors when we moved to town in October, 2014. Well, Hills………I think we may have found a great time. Here we go! Just a… Continue reading Where Town & Country Meet-Your Next Independence Day Destination