Originally, when I planned on going to Iowa, I thought I would be driving from Cincinnati which meant I could stop at Maquoketa State Park. This looked like a really cool stop with trails and caves to explore.
Unfortunately, since we were not driving to or from Ohio, we couldn’t make it happen. (4ish hours in the wrong direction)
We basically just spent a day in Des Moines and sadly there wasn’t a lot to do. We went to Papa John Sculpture Park (which was not that exciting) and then went to Grays Lake in the evening to see the pedestrian bridge lit up. (I’m guessing they also have trails and things to do at the park)
Since Mike was with me we spent a good chunk of time at Rook Room game lounge and cafe. We could rent out games to play and they actually had decent food there!
We spent an even bigger chunk of time at the Des Moines airport! Our flight kept getting delayed and I think we spent over 9 hours waiting for the flight! The kicker was that the gate agent told us we couldn’t get on any sooner flights so we went to grab a bite to eat. When we came back to our gate after dinner, everyone was gone… they let them board an earlier flight! Oh my gosh we were so mad, but also laughing because seriously?! There were literally 10 of us on the flight out so they upgraded us all to first class for our flight to Chicago. We weren’t able to get home until the next day.
Again, really wish we could have stopped at the caves so I guess we’ll have to go back to make up for this go round.
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