Iowa

[ShawnR]

Nope, open till noon on Saturday. Well that's the learning center. The marsh is accessible daily to hike and what not.

Heading to the Outdoor Expo tomorrow. Completely forgot that was going on this weekend. lol

 

[Wildland Outdoors]

No problem we are going to be headed that way ourselves here soon

 

[ShawnR]

Was hoping for more outdoor gear. It was mostly fishing. Oh well, it was still fun.

 

[Wildland Outdoors]

Yea it was way too much fishing and not enough outdoors

 

[Wildland Outdoors]

Yea it was way too much fishing and not enough outdoors

 

[ShawnR]

Took the wife and daughter to Credit Island today. That place is finally getting some needed attention. I think we'll be spending some weekend days there this summer grilling and enjoying the outdoors.

 

[Wildland Outdoors]

Yea the city finished restoring the lodge, put in a new playground, cleaned up a lot of the parting area. Its a lot nicer now, lets just hope we can avoid a flood this year. Have to let me know one weekend. I'll bring the wife and kids out and we can have a meet up.

 

[ShawnR]

Yea the city finished restoring the lodge, put in a new playground, cleaned up a lot of the parting area. Its a lot nicer now, lets just hope we can avoid a flood this year. Have to let me know one weekend. I'll bring the wife and kids out and we can have a meet up.

Sounds good. Wish I had taken my camera. Been awhile since I've been down there. We walked on the new(ish) bridge. Maybe if next weekend is nice, we can head on down there. I know my daughter would love to stretch her legs after being cooped up this winter. Would be fun to just get out and do some hiking around and photographing.

 

[Wildland Outdoors]

sounds like a plan. My wife may or may not be with she's in Florida till either Saturday or Sunday but i'll have my 11 and 8 year old

 

[SteveR]

Hey there, I just saw this. I thought I was the only one from Iowa following Overland Bound! Representing Iowa City here. This is a tough area to overland in. I have come across some maps of eastern Iowa gravel/level B roads that are fun trips created by people into dual sport. Have done some of it but not all. Let me know if anyone is interested and I can share.

 

[Wildland Outdoors]

Welcome! Glad to have another Iowan. As far the the maps and roads I would absolutely love to see them. Being 45 min away @ShawnR and I could meet up with you sometime for a trip

 

[SteveR]

Here are the routes that were sent to me. Like I said I have done a little bit but not all of it. I started over in Amana and headed west for the day. I believe it actually starts closer to Chicago.

 

[Wildland Outdoors]

Sweet! Thanks

 

[Wildland Outdoors]

Make sure to check out this thread for an up coming trip some of us are planning

 

[ShawnR]

Hey there, I just saw this. I thought I was the only one from Iowa following Overland Bound! Representing Iowa City here. This is a tough area to overland in. I have come across some maps of eastern Iowa gravel/level B roads that are fun trips created by people into dual sport. Have done some of it but not all. Let me know if anyone is interested and I can share.

Glad to see another Iowan on here. I'm from the Quad Cities. And yes, not a lot going on around here. lol

 

[ShawnR]

Here are the routes that were sent to me. Like I said I have done a little bit but not all of it. I started over in Amana and headed west for the day. I believe it actually starts closer to Chicago.

I need to download a program to my chromebook or tablet so I can view these. Any recommendations on a program? I want to set up my Galaxy Tab4 with maps so I can plot courses.

 

[Wildland Outdoors]

back country navigator seems to be the popular one. I plan on buying it ($12) for my LG tablet that sits around.

 

[ShawnR]

back country navigator seems to be the popular one. I plan on buying it ($12) for my LG tablet that sits around.

I'll check that out. I have a Samsung tablet and Chromebook. I want an app that can be used on both. I'll have to see if it works on my Macbook Pro as well.

 

[Wildland Outdoors]

OK guys I have created a Overland Iowa Facebook page so we can share, plan, get help etc... Just another way for us Iowans to communicate, share and plan.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/603823429799279/

@mbwesner @SteveR @JTmoney065

 

[Mike W]

cool, I joined.

I had frost on my tent this morning. Camped out with some guys at our local Izzack Walton league (gun range).