road trip

kansas city mural

Kansas City, MO

x number of reasons to visit kansas city In the land of famous BBQ, jazz history, countless breweries, and sports fanatics,  you’ll be hard-pressed to find down time (unless you’re dying of heat exhaustion).  Kansas City is HOT. Being from Florida we assume we can handle most other temperatures, but this was on another level.

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Minneapolis, MN

10,000 reasons to visit minneapolis in the summer Minneapolis gets a (possibly justified) bad rap for it’s arctic winter temps, but this city is alive and amazing in the summertime.  They aren’t lying when they say Minnesota is the Land of 10,000 Lakes, and Minneapolitans definitely take advantage of them whenever possible. Boats, kayaks and

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Des Moines, IA

Things to do in des moines “Is this heaven?” “No, it’s Iowa” Me fulfilling a childhood dream The actual filming location for the movie Field of Dreams is in Dyersville, which is about 3 hours from Des Moines. We couldn’t make it that far out of our way on this road trip, but there was

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