Marion and Rich Patterson

At least 12 Iowa colleges or junior colleges and many high schools have teams or clubs. These include Jefferson, Xavier and Kennedy high schools in Cedar Rapids. Coe College has a cracker jack team. So do Wartburg, William Penn, Upper Iowa and Simpson.

A visit to the 49th state gives railroad and nature enthusiasts a delightful way to penetrate the wilderness in comfort on the Alaska Railroad.

We wove our car through pines and spruces until the twisty gravel road abruptly ended. The view ahead was so …

National Hobo Museum and the annual National Hobo Convention in Britt, Iowa, welcome everyone to experience history.

Exciting river runs are within day trip range of the Corridor. All that’s needed is a kayak or float tube, moderate experience and a drive to Manchester or Charles City. Both towns feature whitewater parks.

People claim that America’s best engineering project was the Interstate Highway System that makes driving fast. Others counter that the massive roads destroyed regionalism by spawning gauntlets of chain restaurants and hotels.

You can slow down and get a great workout in while kayaking, rowing or directing a canoe

Iowa is an ‘epicenter of opportunities’ for ‘rock hounding,“ which can be a link to human history

When traveling, we now detour to see religious buildings. Often, tall steeples are visual beacons drawing us to them.

Field built at Hanna Park in Marion already attracting good crowds for scaled down game

Trips to Nebraska, South Dakota showcase women writers’ history

National Parks a great way to break up along I-80

Plenty to do year-round in 49th state

From old trucks to Bix Beiderbecke, much to see and hear

Eight years ago I took a chance. I’d heard that lithium ion battery powered tools were superior to earlier generation …