Ramada Tropics Resort and Conference Center

5000 Merle Hay Rd., Des Moines, Iowa, 50322, United States | 3 star hotel

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Week 13 - West Virginia at Iowa State

A travel blog entry by jasonandjanell

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... was that they ran out to their spots to start the show rather than marching, and between songs they walked to the next formation. This may be due to the nature of a "best of" show, but it I had heard that this was what they had been doing all year. Since this was the last game, the seniors went to the middle of the field in an "ISU" formation and waved to the crowd while their names were announced. As per tradition, they left their shoes ...

Our beautiful family in Iowa

A travel blog entry by adrian-cassii

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... of 5th graders Aussie slang at Aunt Marcia's school, road in a combine to pick the corn, and carved up a Halloween storm. We will be sad to leave our Iowa family, but are looking forward to visiting cousins on the east coast. Thanks Ruby and Marcia for your hospitality, and to all our family...love ...

Iowa & Nebraska Capitals

A travel blog entry by ecks-adventures

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... dome. We also went to the Iowa State Historical Museum after leaving the
capital bldg, and it had several exhibits about Iowa State history - a beautiful building and well worth the stop.

Then we went to a great little bistro just down the street from the Iowa capital, called
The Continental, in an old historic bldg in East Village - GREAT food! The starters (tapas) are excellent and are a meal in themselves.

We toured ...

A few days left

A travel blog entry by ellehina

Andrew and I will be leaving Iowa soon. This blog is where I will be posting all of the information on our adventures. We hope many of you will follow along as we set off on a new phase of life and to the other side of the world!!!

I will start sharing pictures soon as well as share what's going on for ...

Capital City and New Brewery

A travel blog entry by ecks-adventures

... luck and headed for Omaha, NE, where Heidi and
Mike live. The owner said he spent a cool million dollars to start up
his new business.

We ran into quite a wind and rain storm on
Interstate 80 heading west to Omaha and unfortunately, the truck drivers
were passing lots of cars in the fast lane, which made the drive even
that more treacherous. After ...

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This 3 star hotel, located on 5000 Merle Hay Rd., Des Moines, is near Saylorville Trail, Iowa Gold Star Museum, Des Moines River Trail, and Fitness Sports.
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