I love most restaurants but like everyone else, a few stand out in my mind as favorites. Additionally, getting a good deal is always a bonus.

The places I mention below prove that food doesn’t need to be fancy to be good. It can be as simple as putting love in your pies, adding whimsy to hot dogs or cooking a burger just right — all of which will have people coming back for years to come.  ... Read More

NEWS! I-29 is now mostly open. The FINAL update from the Iowa DOT website on Nov. 14 states that:

"I-29 was reopened to traffic on Sat, Oct. 8. Contractors are currently working on the bridge approach paving and pile stabilization under the northbound bridge at milepost 1.4. Temporary median crossovers are in place routing the north- and southbound traffic into the southbound lanes between mileposts 0.8 and 3.2, while the bridge construction work is performed. Work is expected to be completed this week."

With flooding along the Iowa/Missouri border, travelers using I-29  have been affected by detours and alternate routes.  Currently a 32-mile stretch of I-29 is closed between exit 24 (near Bartlett, Iowa) and MM 110 (Rockport, Mo. / jct 136). The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is recommending that travelers detour to Des Moines, Iowa, via I-80 and I-35. This detour, the first of three listed below, is also the recommended truck route to help reduce traffic along alternate routes. The pros and cons associated with the three detours between Omaha, Neb./Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Kansas City, Mo., are noted below. ... Read More

 
Just north of Alliance, Nebraska, motorists touring through the flat, rural landscape on SR 87/ CR 59 detect something odd on the horizon. Rising from the Great Plains is an unusual gray structure noticeably distinct from the farmhouses and windmills that typically dot the prairie.

From about 200 yards, the circular structure begins to look like the prehistoric stone complex in England known as Stonehenge. ... Read More