Iowa's Simple Pleasures with Dan Kaercher
Biking and Segway Riding, Mormon Trail & Museum, Trout Fishing, Hickory Park Restaurant (#404)
Climb aboard and explore Iowa’s simple pleasures with host, Dan Kaercher. In this episode, he rides two different types of wheels while touring the Quad Cities. Other stops include the Mormon Trail in southern Iowa, trout fishing in the northeastern part of our state and big flavored barbecue at Hickory Park in Ames. [28 minutes]
This episode has not aired in the past few months on Iowa Public Television.
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Iowa's Simple Pleasures - Episode 404 (#404)
Full Program: Tour the Quad Cities on 2-wheels; follow the same trail as many pioneers who crossed the prairie in the mid... 28:43
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Iowa Mormon Trails (Prairie Trails Museum),... (#404)
Some of the first travelers to Iowa arrived by oxen or horse-drawn wagons. Some stayed ... others were just passing... 04:45
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Trout Fishing, St. Ansgar, Iowa (#404)
Dan Kaercher looks for an angler's paradise among some of northeast Iowa's hundreds of miles of trout streams. 07:43
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Hickory Park Restaurant Co., Ames, Iowa (#404)
If there's one type of food people get passionate about, it's barbecue! Dan Kaercher headed into Hickory Park in... 06:59
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Two-Wheel Touring, Davenport, Iowa (#404)
See the Quad Cities on two wheels – on a bicycle or on an electric vehicle called a Segway. 05:34
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Series Description: Dan Kaercher, founding editor-in-chief of Midwest Living magazine, travels Iowa in search of hidden treasures and out-of-the-way places for Iowans to visit and explore right here at home.
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Past Episodes
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