Vacation Planning of the Doomed

[kz_blogorambling]

When we traveled home and back, I relied on several guidebooks with titles like "Iowa Oddities" and "Off the Beaten Path in Illinois" and of course my trusty iPhone app from Roadside America. I like to find us interesting stuff to look at (like the large pitchfork). Many times we're near things in which we are interested, but we don't have time to stop (or we're passing through after closing time). For those attractions, we vow to stop on some future trip. Like, next time we'll swing by and see Algona (IA)'s huge cheeto. And we'll definitely go to the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake Iowa.

Then there are other attractions. Attraction which hold no appeal. Here's a place we passed where we are not stopping and WILL NEVER STOP:

http://www.klowndollmuseum.com/

Comments

[crankyasanoldma.livejournal.com]

We used to fly everywhere, so it's a treat to actually SEE where we are passing through. Also, maybe because I grew up in NE where most travelers are just trying to get the hell through the state as fast as possible, I like doing it another way. My husband also puts together funny photo essays that he sends to family, and interesting stops make for great material for him. LOL

[100ofme.livejournal.com]

Yeah I drive everywhere and I hate driving. If my husband is driving I don't mind making the extra stops, but it's usually just me and the kids.

And yeah that's usually my goal when I drive through NE LOL...Sometimes it feels like I've been driving through that state for days. I was actually thinking of going home through Kansas and Missouri this time just for a change of scenery, but I know Nebraska and Iowa pretty good now so I don't know...

Oh funny photo essays sounds like a fun thing!

[crankyasanoldma.livejournal.com]

We had planned to swing south and go through missouri, but we couldn't get across the river unless we went down to Kansas City which was too far out of the way. So we took a northern route through Iowa and avoided I-80.