Adventures

While Saylorville Lake is one of the most popular lake destinations in Central Iowa, neither Matt or I had ever been! I went once to the Saylorville Marina restaurant, which is pretty awesome (and I’d highly recommend going on a night when they have live music), but I had never explored the outdoorsy side of Saylorville. So this was a new and exciting destination for us, even though it was <30 miles away from our apartment!

Happy Sunday! Idk about you, but I’ve got major Sunday scaries… Matt and I spent the weekend at Saylorville Lake in Polk City, IA and I’m just not ready to get back to it. I felt like the weekend flew and even though it was great, it wasn’t enough… I think some three-day weekend trips are in our near future.

Before I log this past weekend’s trip, I want to share our trip to Lake Red Rock in Knoxville, IA that we took a couple weekends ago. Our friends, Jesse and Alyssa, live ~10 minutes away from Lake Red Rock, and Jesse works for the Army Corps of Engineers so he was able to recommend a great campsite at Wallashuck Campgrounds.

Before starting this adventure-seeking journey, I had NO idea that my home state of Iowa had 83 state parks… EIGHTY-THREE! On the list of not-known-state-parks includes Lake Ahquabi State Park located in Indianola, Iowa. My mom and I made the short drive to Indianola this past Sunday to check it out and realized Lake Ahquabi has so much to offer; a lake (duh), water rentals, hiking, fishing, boating, sandy public beaches and mountain biking trails!