Lake Panora!

Iowa has a lot of great parks and lakes, and you wouldn’t think a small state would have that many places that you could visit. But they actually have a lot of fun places to visit for the week/weekend for you and your family. Lake Panora is another great place that you can visit.

                This is a place that is mainly for fishing, a lot of people go fishing, and they have several areas that people can fish. People love going up there for fishing for their space and always have luck for getting a lot of fishes. So if you would a big fan of fishing I would recommend trying a weekend up there.

It also have a huge golf course right on the lake, this is a pretty amazing golf course. Its right in the center like you has water surrounding all around you while you’re playing golf.  And the amazing thing is that when you hit the ball in the water and the water splashes and it makes a loud noise and splashes back at you.  

An amazing thing that you have an opportunity to do is to rent a home or cabin right on the lake while you stay there. This is awesome and so fun because you have a dock that you can walk right onto and you see the water. It’s such a beautiful scene and lake to go see.

                Lake Panora has a lot of other things that you can do that you’ll have to check out while you’re there and hope that you enjoy it.  As you can see in my last three blogs Iowa have some pretty amazing Parks/ Lakes that you’ll have to travel to and check out. Iowa has a lot more besides these three that should be looked into too that you and your family could take a vacation to.

Lake Okoboji

Did you enjoy going to Back Bone State Park and want to explore more parks and lakes in Iowa? Well Lake Okoboji is another amazing place to go to for the weekend/ week. They have a lot of awesome things that you can go do. They have cabin and cottages that you can stay in and trust me these places are amazing and well belt!!! They have some awesome features in them and some of them are kind of up class.

                In these cottages/cabins places that you can stay in there’s a game room that constant such a pool table, ping pong table, foosball and many more things that you can play with. This game room is huge and the kids would have a blast spending playing in it. I think it’s kind of nice that they include this in it that they have something to do like at nights before they go to bed.

                You’ll have a huge yard where you’re staying and it includes some nice quality things. Such as patio furniture that you can sit out there and look the beautiful lake because the lake is so pretty, the water is something else it is clear blue.  There are also picnic tables that you can sit out there and have a picnic, with the gas grill that’s provided or whatever you like to have. Do you like to go bike riding, well most of them provide bikes that you can ride and they have some awesome trails that you can take your bike on and even trails that you take a nice walk. It also includes a lot more things such as a fire pit and many other nice things.

                You can also rent boats and enjoy your day on the beautiful huge lake. Trust me you’ll have a blast of your life and would want to go back again. They even have sail boats that you can go on for the day. But they also have other boats that you can ride such as paddle boats and regular boats but this is an awesome place to go to and definitely recommended this place you wouldn’t regret your choice.

                They have tons of other activities that you can do that are within a couple of minutes your cabin. Such as an amusement park, a swimming beach, ski rental, scuba diving excursions and many more things that you’ll have to check out, you and your family would definitely want to go back again.   

Back Bone State Park

Most people are getting so exciting with winter passing and spring approaching. I’m getting so pumped to finally able to start doing things outside and spring things. One thing that out family and I like to go to a couple of times a couple of year in Back Bone State Park. It’s located in Dundee, Iowa. There are tons of things that you can do, from swimming, boating, fishing, hiking, having picnics, camping and many more fun things that you can do. It would be great get away.

                They have a huge place that you can go boating. You can either bring your own boat or you can rent a boat. There’s different kind of boating that you do such as paddle boating, which is really fun in my opinion I always have a blast when I go. But you can choose what you want to do. You’ll be floating down the Mississippi River on the sunny down, listening the rippling water is the best way to spend a good Saturday day or any warm day. Especially when the rippling of the clear blue water is a very soft noise is the best.

                Hiking is another very big entertainment when we go up Back Bone. And there’s many ways that you can through this trail trust me this trail is very beautiful. You can walk, drive, and ride your bike just however you like to go through trail. But you have to really think about before you start this hike on this trail because some of the trails that you are on are about twenty-one miles long.  When you are up there I would recommend to go on these trails at least once because there are so many sight seeing that you would miss out if you wouldn’t go on these trails. There are some beautiful trees, birds chirping, fish pond things and many more things that you can see.  With us in used to be living Manchester we liked to go on a Sunday afternoon and decide to take a drive up there and its always so nice because it’s not that far and we always awesome scenery.

                Then you can go swimming at the big huge lake that is covered with sand all around it. It’s always so busy with kids splashing through the water and having a blast. You can bring anything in that you want to like inter tubes, toys and anything that your child would like to play with. But in my opinion  I don’t like playing in the water because I think it’s kind of gross and would rather pay a couple of dollars and go to the public swimming pool.

                Then you can finish you day with just on site and either staying in a cabin or saving yourself a spot and putting your tent/ camper and staying in there. Either way is a great way to stay and would be fun which way you choose. They have really nice cabins; they are made out of wood and just amazing inside.  Each camp site has their own fire pit that you can roast hot dogs, s’mores, and just sit around and the bone fire and have a nice night. There’s also grills there that you can cook you suppers too but you can also bring your own grill and even pack sandwiches and stuff for your lunch like we always do every year. Our family and I get together and go up there and have a picnic. So it’s nice that you don’t have to worry about having meals when you’re there. I would totally recommend this place and would go check this out.