by Ann | Oct 19, 2017 | Food and Drink, Fun Stuff, Real Life, The Midwest, USA
With more than 500 million candid traveler reviews, TripAdvisor has quickly become a go-to online resource for many travelers, including us. We often roll into a new city with cell-phones in hand, searching for a top-10ish restaurant to stop for dinner. We typically...
by Steve | Oct 16, 2017 | The Midwest, USA, Where we've been
Valentine, Nebraska is an easy place to love. And not just because of its name, either. When we took our trip around Nebraska this summer with my folks, we knew that one of our stops had to be Valentine. There is just so much to see and do in and around this city of...
by Ann | Oct 14, 2017 | Experiences, Feature Experiences, The Midwest, USA, Where we've been
Yesterday, we drove carts through an entire 18-hole golf course and didn’t have to stop once to look for a lost ball. Only because we didn’t hit any. Not this time, anyway. This time, we didn’t have to tee off once. My sister, Laura, works for a...
by Steve | Oct 10, 2017 | Feature USA, The Midwest, USA, Where we've been
There is nothing quite like getting off the interstate to help you get to know a place better, and nowhere is that more true than Nebraska. Our state has a reputation for being flat and boring because the interstate used by hundreds of thousands of people each year...
by Steve | Oct 4, 2017 | The Midwest, USA, Where we've been
Finally, I got to show my parents that 14-year-old me was right. On the second day of our trip across Nebraska this summer, we woke up at our hotel, mere steps from the place I’d wanted to go when I crossed the state with mom and dad 30 years earlier: Fort Cody...