2022 T-Bone Trail · Family Adventures · Iowa Food · Northwest Iowa · Outdoors All Year

Reubens, Chops, Chicken & the White House: Get Your Calendars Filled Up with O’Brien County, Iowa

*There’s a chunk of NW-Iowa that can provide an entertaining getaway for everyone, and it comes with a uniqueness in scenery you don’t see all over the state. Our trip to O’Brien County was funded and sponsored by the Western Iowa Tourism Region. Some of the goods, services and meals were complimentary. The views expressed… Continue reading Reubens, Chops, Chicken & the White House: Get Your Calendars Filled Up with O’Brien County, Iowa

2017 Best Between Bread · East Central Iowa · Iowa Food

The Best Between Bread-Iowa’s Sandwich Masters: Locale 49, Wilton

Wilton, IA: Muscatine County What can you pack into 48 hours? If you’ve been keeping up with The Iowa Gallivant, you’ll see that Team Goodvin can cover a lot of ground on this crazy travel blog. Junction Grill & Bar has mastered something of their own that takes over two days to complete. You’ll want to see this. Better… Continue reading The Best Between Bread-Iowa’s Sandwich Masters: Locale 49, Wilton

2017 Best Between Bread · Iowa Food · North Central Iowa

The Best Between Bread-Iowa’s Sandwich Masters: Locale 39, Clear Lake

Clear Lake, IA: Cerro Gordo County There are many reasons to road trip to one of Iowa’s premiere vacation destinations. Clear Lake showed Team Goodvin an incredible weekend with one of our most memorable stops being at the Starboard Market with its giant sandwich menu, homemade salads, hot soups, and irresistible baked goods. See for yourself!… Continue reading The Best Between Bread-Iowa’s Sandwich Masters: Locale 39, Clear Lake

2017 Best Between Bread · East Central Iowa · Family Adventures · Iowa Food

The Best Between Bread-Iowa’s Sandwich Masters: Locale 2, Cedar Rapids

Czech Village-Cedar Rapids: Linn County The City of Five Seasons is home to A LOT of great place to eat and the traveling band of Team Goodvin has made many trips to take in as many of them as possible. Today’s visit brought us to one of Iowa’s most historic neighborhoods and the Village Meat Market &… Continue reading The Best Between Bread-Iowa’s Sandwich Masters: Locale 2, Cedar Rapids

East Central Iowa

The Iowa City Expedition-Part Two: An Army of Eternal Youth

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