Weekend Ramble Through Okoboji Captures Midwest Lake Scene
A four day explorer recounts the Iowa Great Lakes trip around Lake Okoboji noting the need for advance reservations for lodges and dining. The writer describes stops at Brooks Golf and Country Club, New Inn, Plaza I in Spencer, and Black Coach supper club, with prices like $40 for a two person night and $7.95 walleye.
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Lake Okoboji
Brooks Golf and Country Club
New Inn
Plaza I
Spencer
Lakes Region
Milford
Okoboji
Arnolds Park
Spirit Lake
Highway 71
Black Coach
Yesteryear
Iowa Great Lakes
Fillenworth Motel
Ben Julius
New Inn Lodge
Paul Julius
Center Point
Weekend Ramble in Okoboji a lively summer weekend diary
A reader's travel notes describe dining at Vern and Coila's and The First Edition in Okoboji, evenings with live bands like This Side Up and Dave Major and the Minors, and visits to state parks and the University of Okoboji concept. Prices mix from $1.50 to $10 cover charges, with meals such as walleyed pike and red snapper amandine. The piece closes recalling a 30 year old historical note.
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New Inn
Dave Major
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapidians
Mike Weston
Kennedy
Doug Harrington
Kennedy High School
Small Fiji islands show village life
SUVA Fiji Islands UPI reports that visitors increasingly seek the smaller Fiji islands beyond Viti Levu. Tourists take schooner or ketch cruises to the Yasawa group north of Lautoka, enjoy island barbecues, and sample life in thatched huts with woven mats as a window into centuries of Fijian village living.
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Suva
Fiji Islands
Healthful Sports at Bad Kissingen Resort
In Bad Kissingen West Germany a health resort offers an extensive sports program alongside medical facilities. The program includes indoor and outdoor swimming tennis golf horseback riding fishing shooting and gliding for the adventurous.
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Bad Kissingen
West Germany
UPI
Roehn Hills
Franconia
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Art Hough
Free Lance
al Shannon
Okoboji Summer Theater
Geoffrey Chaucer
Ruth
Bill
University of Okoboji
Dickinson County Hospital
Iowa
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Minnesota
University
University of
Iowa Great Lakes Area
Gardner
Tourville
Gull Point State Park
West Okoboji
Pikes Point State Park
Miniwaukan State Park
Spirit
Gull Point
Marble Beach
Emerson Bay
Arnolds Park Amusement Center
Bridge
Terrace Park
Vern and Coila’s
Pocahontas Point
Great Lakes
Iowa City
Glen Miller
Mills Brothers
Central Emporium
Marilyn Maye
Beer Tuvia
John McIvor
Hiawatha Jaycee
Sports For Health
Quality Auto Parts
2Nd Avenue
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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