An Iowa Day Trip
Last week one of my buddies shot me an email with a proposal.
He needed to visit a family member in Iowa that Saturday morning, and he had a wedding reception for an old college friend he wanted to go to in Bethany, MO, that same evening. But he had nothing to do in-between.
“Want to ride up with me, ad we can got to a few bars in the afternoon?” he asked me.
“Sure thing!” I replied.
Little did we realize when we set out early on the morning of July 10, 2010 that we’d end up visiting 11 towns and 17 new bars plus one repeat. Nor did we realize that what we were in store for would be the best one-day road trip of all I have taken since we started doing this back in 2006!
Our route, as admired by the bartender at one of the out-of-the-way towns we visited.
To make this easier to read, I’ve broken the journey into separate posts:
- Part 1: Woodburn, Iowa. A Little Town that Let Me Down.
- Part 2: Chariton, Iowa… Some Time to Kill
- Part 3: Williamson and Columbia, IA. One down the drain, the other a dream come true.
- Part 4: Knoxville, Iowa. Off to the Races!
- Part 5: A Pleasantville Surprise…
- Part 6: Milo, Iowa. A Side Trip that was Well Worth It.
- Part 7: Indianola, Iowa. Winding down the day.
- Part 8: Heading Home — Martensdale, IA and Bethany, MO
Enjoy!
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