Iowa City to South Bend

South Bend to Youngstown

Send a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2302854/open_sms] We're on both I-80 and I-90...a thrill as we drive into Ohio! We'll stop and talk for awhile in Toledo, Glass City, before heading east and (sadly) bypassing Cleveland. There is time, though, for a few rollercoasters at Cedar Point!

Iowa City to South Bend

Send a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2302854/open_sms] We're crossing the Mississippi! But not until we talk about wrestling and why Iowa. After we'll talk about John Deere and flat states vs pancakes before passing Chicagoland and ending near Notre Dame!

Lincoln to Iowa City

Send a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2302854/open_sms] Today we're talking boxed cakes, rivers, and gilded domes as we travel from one state capital and past another. We also finally leave Nebraska and are finished with the dry Western states!

Nebraska Side Trip: Hastings, Red Cloud, and a Hop into Kansas

Send a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2302854/open_sms] We're taking a quick break from the interstate (again) and heading south through the plains of Nebraska to see where America's favorite childhood drink was invented and stop by a literary gem of a town before heading to Lincoln to pick up our journey again.

Cheyenne to Lincoln

Send a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2302854/open_sms] We're making it out of the West and into the Midwest as we leave Wyoming. Today's topics range from women's suffrage to Cabela's to a heartfelt community story centered on trains running through North Platte. The land is getting greener as we enter the rain-fed plains...