A Travel journal of Scenic Drives and Scenic Places along the Upper Mississippi’s Great River Roads
Fall Color Drive along the Mississippi River, La Crosse to Red Wing In the second week of October, we took a drive along the Mississippi Great River Road to hopefully see some nice fall color. […]
Fall Color Scenic Drive – Itaska State Park In the first week of October, with two other couples, Jo and I took a fall color drive to the headwaters of the headwaters of the Mississippi […]
Our Review of Pikes Peak Iowa State Park, Camping & Hiking Located across the river from Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin Pikes Peak is one of our favorite campgrounds along the Mississippi Great River Road (see […]
Located a short distance North of Savanna, Illinois Mississippi Palisades is an Illinois State Park and Campground. Portions of the park include high steep sided bluffs looming over the Mississippi River valley. We like this […]
Reviews of the top Campgrounds for RVs along the Wisconsin Great River Road Scenic Byway from Dubuque to Prescott, WI Other than the RV campgrounds in Dubuque, we profile below what we rate as the […]
Campground Review: Grant River Recreation Area – Potosi, Wisconsin See our list of Best Great River Road Campgrounds from Dubuque, Iowa to Prescott, Wisconsin Grant River is one of our favorite Corps Parks. Located on […]
Winona to Wabasha Fall Color Drive One of the favorite fall color drive loops along the Minnesota-Wisconsin Great River Road stretches from Wabasha to Winona on both sides of the river. In the third week […]
Restaurant Review – Nelson Creamery, Nelson Wisconsin About 50 cars filled the Nelson Creamery customer parking lot on a Thursday afternoon in little Nelson, Wisconsin on Hwy 35 – the Wisconsin Great River Road Scenic […]
Potosi Brewery Pub Restaurant Dining Review One of the attractions along the Wisconsin side of the Great River Road north of Dubuque is visiting the historic Potosi Brewery. A worthwhile visit for a brewery tour […]
Potosi Brewery and the National Brewery Museum The Potosi Brewery located in the river town of Potosi began operations in 1852 and became one of Wisconsin’s largest breweries with a nationwide distribution. But due to […]
Things to See and Do Visiting Dubuque, Iowa Located on the Iowa side of the Upper Mississippi River Road Scenic Drive, Dubuque holds claim to Iowa’s oldest city. Named after French-Canadian fur trader Julien […]
Breitbach Country Tavern – Restaurant Review Billing itself as “. . . Iowa’s oldest food & drinking establishment” Breitbach’s was originally built in 1852 and has been run by six generations of the family since […]
Effigy Mounds National Park – Fall Color Hikes Located on the Iowa side of the Upper Mississippi Great River Road, Effigy Mounds is a popular fall color attraction due to its mature mixed hardwood forest, […]
Historic River Towns – Stillwater, Minnesota With Jo’s sister Donna and husband Dan, this will be our fourth historic river town and historic hotel Thanksgiving weekend. Previously we have enjoyed Galena, Illinois and the DeSoto […]
McGregor Fall Arts and Crafts Festival Fall colors were starting to break out along the Mississippi River and a perfect weather forecast for the weekend encouraged Jo and I to head to McGregor, Iowa for […]
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