Based on responses to Facebook we’re are going to postpone/reschedule Thursday’s  October 15th ice cream trip to hickory park. We’ll let you know new info when available.

Meet at MINI of Des Moines around 8am for route information

Departure time of 8:30 am

Drive route of approximately 90 miles

Planned Points of Interest Stops:

Bonnie and Clydes hide out

The Freedom Rock

Menlo Café

Stop for lunch and homemade pie at the Menlo Café. In addition to pie the café has

great home cooked food and ginormous tenderloins (shooting to arrive between 11 and 11:30)

Return home at your leisure – approximately 40 miles back to Des Moines via I-80

RSVP by Tuesday, August 18th so we can give the pie lady a heads up on how many

additional pies she should plan for.

The August ice cream social is almost here!

When: August 20th 7PM

Where: Goldie’s Ice Cream Shoppe

304 W 2nd St.

Prairie City

Please respond to Kelly at the email address below with the number of those attending prior to the 14th so Kelly can give them an idea of how many and to confirm that we will be there.

Kelly Alliss
Email: kelncleo@hotmail.com

The July ice cream social is set up!

When: July 16th 7PM

Where: Frostee’s

101 E Green St

Winterset

Please respond to Kelly at the email address below with the number of those attending prior to the 12th so Kelly can give them an idea of how many and to confirm that we will be there.

Kelly Alliss
Email: kelncleo@hotmail.com

Event: Drive to Gladbrook to visit Matchstick Marvels Museum.

Reason for drive: Pat Acton has just finished his latest creation for the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not museum in New York City – a flying steampunk locomotive standing nearly nine feet tall that required more than 1,000,000 matchsticks and 13 months of work. It is on display at his museum in Gladbrook during July, after which it will be shipped to New York for permanent display.

Date: Saturday, July 11

Departure details: 10:00 a.m. from Smokey D’s, have lunch somewhere along the route, and arrive in Gladbrook shortly after the museum opens at 1:00 p.m. 

Return to Des Moines will be on your own – you can leave the museum when you are through with your visit or you can wander around beautiful downtown Gladbrook until there are others in the group who want to join you for the drive home.

Admission Fee: The museum charges $5.00 admission for adults and $3.00 admission for children between the ages of 5 and 12. There is no senior discount

The June ice cream social is set up!

When: June 18th  @ 7 pm

Where:
The Outside Scoop
602 N Jefferson Way
Indianola

Please respond to Kelly at the email address below with the number of those attending prior to the 12th so Kelly can give them an idea of how many and to confirm that we will be there.

Kelly Alliss
Email: kelncleo@hotmail.com

Shortest Distance Rally for June. Be at MINI of Des Moines by 12:45 for the driver’s meeting with the first car leaving at 1 pm.

What is a Shortest Distance Rally?
A shortest distance rally is an un-timed Road Rally following an undefined route. Instead of receiving route instructions and timing intervals, contestants are given a map or maps, and a list of questions to be answered by visiting specific locations on the map. Thus, the goal is to visit all the required sites in the traversing the shortest distance possible.

RSVP to Shortest Distance Rally for June. Be at MINI of Des Moines by 12:45 for the driver’s meeting with the first car leaving at 1 pm.

What is a Shortest Distance Rally?
A shortest distance rally is an un-timed Road Rally following an undefined route. Instead of receiving route instructions and timing intervals, contestants are given a map or maps, and a list of questions to be answered by visiting specific locations on the map. Thus, the goal is to visit all the required sites in the traversing the shortest distance possible.

RSVP to Jeremy Moyle or on the Face Book event.