Thanks for joining us on this adventure in Des Moines! We've been enjoying our trip through the Midwest so much and hope you keep watching as the adventure continues! Here's a link to the Reciprocal Admissions Program (RAP) through the American Horticultural Society that we mention: ahsgardening.org/gardening-programs/rap/ If you're new to the channel, we hope you'll subscribe and check out some of our other videos as well! See you on the road! 🙂🚐
Thanks! That was on our list thanks to fellow RUclipsr friends Joyce and Daryle of Learning to Travel but unfortunately we didn't have the time in our schedule to get there. Next time!
LoL I live in Des Moines Iowa. The S’s are silent . “De Moine” I am 6 houses away from Iowa State Fairgrounds, which is the 3rd largest fair in the US. We have over a million people in our neighborhood for 11 days. Des Moines is changing constantly and growing bigger. Thanks for stopping here. ❤️🦋❤️
@@angielindsey7390 Yes, that was just a little humor. We had even more fun with Dubuque! That must get a little crazy during the fair. We loved our time in your area!
We've gone through several cities now that have interesting names. Some I wouldn't want to live in because I wouldn't want to have to say it all the time! LOL! Thanks for watching!
That's what we love to hear! We love sharing places we explore and hope to inspire others. Thanks for leaving a comment. We hope you'll join us for more adventuring! 🙂🚐
Another great stop is the World Food Prize building. Only open certain days, but well worth organizing your schedule around it on your next time through! Thanks for enjoying our hidden gem of the Midwest!
Thanks so much for that recommendation. We'll add it to our list for the future! We are so glad we added this region to our itinerary. We enjoyed it so much!
It's great to see that you guys enjoyed your time in Des Moines! If you're ever back, some other great places you may like are the Grays Lake bridges and tunnel at night, the same overlook at Macrae Park at night, the High Trestle Trail Bridge anytime, Ingersoll Ave, the East Village if you didn't explore it too much, the Art Center which has a beautiful garden, and Valley Junction in West Des Moines
Thank you for showing off des moines,ia. We have some really cool attractions here. The next time you come through des moines, you need to go see the saylorville dam!! It is also very cool. The botanical center and McCrea park view area are two of my absolute favorite places to go in des moines. Again, thanks for coming and we'd love to have you come again !!!
Glad you enjoyed your trip to Des Moines! Not sure if you mentioned it, but the skate park is the largest in the country (opened on May 7, 2021, and host to the 2021 Dew Tour, the Lauridsen Skatepark the largest open park in the nation).
I don't think we did mention that in our video but when posting photos on Instagram and Facebook, I try to do more research and did discover and share that info there. It was a really cool skate park!
The way Steve pronounced Des Moines is just like I would pronounce it in Estonian or in Spanish. I almost got dizzy... 🥴 Interesting sculpture park reminded me sculpture garden in Chicago or where it was. This capital building is a real artwork, very cool that that they allow visitors. Botanical garden was cool too, beautiful cactuses and plants. This little girl was riding the skateboard like a real pro. Looks like a lot of fun but I would fall in first meter. Great video. I enjoyed it. 👍
Perhaps you and Steve can team up and do city pronunciations together! 😆 The capital building truly was amazing to see. It was so ornate! And the botanical garden was beautiful too! If I tried skating boarding I'd probably end up with several broken bones! Thanks, Thomas! ❤️
Glad you enjoyed it! 😊 We really did love our time there. Stopping at botanical gardens is a given. I don't know why we didn't think to check out capitol buildings before! I keep telling Steve to stop eating grapes also. He just doesn't listen! 😂
Oh wow! Tgat park is awesome! We got a little dizzy watching ya go around I'm that thing😅, beautiful park and loved all the sculptures there! That capitol building just amazing!That's funny seeing the paper airplane 😅 That library oh my gosh you're so right about the Harry Potter scene 😄 just beautiful! And the gardens just beautiful especially the entrance, we love humming birds lol! That green house just amazing! We love all those tropical plants , we have a few like tge succulents and few of the others too lol! Of course they are inside lol! That skateboard park was neat too, and seeing them do those tricks ,that little girl looked like she knew how lol! We like watching them but we'd break too many bones trying that 😅 Awesome vidieo guys and thanks for sharing , can't wait to see the next one , stay safe and enjoy! You guys rock!
There were so many neat things to see there! We've loved all those spots we shared and are glad you enjoyed seeing them too. I think the library in the capital building was my favorite. And I always love seeing the plants. The tropical and succulents are my favorite! If I tried skateboarding I would also probably break several bones! LOL! Thanks for watching, as always! ❤️🙂🚐
As a person who grew up in Des Moines I love seeing visitor's viewpoints on our city! That dome trip scared me a bit when I was little. You can actually go further up to the cupola on tip but it's a scary trip, not sure if they still do that or not.
We're glad you enjoyed the video. 🙂 We sure enjoyed our time there! We wanted to go up further in the dome but they said that was off limits. It's funny, of all the travel videos we've ever done, we've had the most comments from locals on this one. We're curious, how did you find our video? We are trying to figure out if there is just more local pride from those that live in the Midwest or if there is something that is sending you all our way!
I'm totally bias since I've lived in the area for 15 years but Des Moines still feels like a fun and not overly large city me. Plenty to do and keep busy.
I enjoyed your video of my hometown. It was cool that you went up in the dome at the State Capitol. I've lived here my whole life but I don't think I've ever gone up there. I've never been in that library either. I just might have to visit the Capital again, thanks!
Only Steve would spot that paper airplane!! Lol. That sculpture garden was magnificent! Can't wait to see your West, West travels. Waiting with bated breath. Save travels! And a happy new Year!
Yes, only Steve! The sculpture garden was really neat, wasn't it!? Super fun! I think it would be neat to see at night too. We're looking forward to sharing more "west, west" videos! ❤️
Nice job! Subscribed! Glad you enjoyed your visit to our fine city! I've lived all over the country and it really is a superior quality of life here compared to many places. Folks are generally warmer and more genuine here, the streets are cleaner, and, importantly as I'm sure you'd agree, its cheaper!! Anyhow, thanks for visiting us, enjoy the rest of your trip, and y'all come back and see us again sometime! ❤😊👍
Thanks so much, Jim! We definitely enjoyed our visit and would love to come back again in the future. We also immediately noticed that people were more friendly when we got to the region - people waving as we drove down the street and people all around more helpful. Pretty refreshing! Thanks for watching!
@@jimhurlbut3649 It's funny, of all the travel videos we've ever done, we've had the most comments from locals on this one. We're curious, how did you find our video? We are trying to figure out if there is just more local pride from those that live in the Midwest or if there is something that is sending you all our way!
@@SteveAudra Sure. It just popped up in my feed, probably because I'm from Des Moines and have checked out other vids with Des Moines content. As for the magnitude of response, I think that's sort of a Midwestern thing. We ARE proud of our communities and our quality of life, generally-speaking, and want to be good ambassadors. Every year there's usually a story or two about some folks who were passing through like y'all and were so impressed that they relocated or retired here! Cool, huh?! Anyway, thanks for the fair and impartial take on our fair city and y'all come back now, ya hear! 👍😊♥️
Loved this video! Thank you for the information about the American Horticultural Society! I had no idea they had a program like that! I'm so glad I found your videos! =D
We're so glad you found us and enjoyed this video! We hope you'll watch others. We've been to some great places! Yes the RAP program is great! Find a garden near you on their list and you can visit so many for free. Usually the local garden memberships are really affordable for what you get! We have been to so many beautiful gardens!
@@SteveAudra We are so excited to try some of these beautiful gardens out! We just became members and we live near Nashville, and our local botanical garden, Cheekwood is pretty awesome! I am hoping we can go see their beautiful Christmas light display before they take it down! Botanical Gardens seem to really know how to do Christmas lights!!! I love your videos and have been watching since before you went Full time! We used to live in South Florida too, and we travel back to Florida quite a bit. Your videos have shown us so many neat things to do and places to see for the next time we go! I hope you are still loving full-time Vanlife! I'm looking forward to your next video! I will definitely be watching!!! Praying you have a very Happy and Prosperous New Year!!! =D
@@theglampercamper Thank you so much! ❤️ I'm excited for you to get to experience more beauty this way. Be aware that sometimes free admission isn't available if there is a special event going on such as a Christmas display. It's a good idea to call first. Usually where you are a member you still get free or discounted access but it may be limited at reciprocal locations. We hope to get to Nashville in the New Year. We'll have to remember Cheekwood! We are still loving being full time. Hopefully we can cross paths sometime! Maybe check out a garden together! 😊
That's kind of something we do, joking about pronunciation. In this case we knew the correct pronunciation but sometimes we don't (and Google is known to massacre names so we can't trust that)! You should watch our earlier episode on Dubuque! 😆 We loved our time in the Midwest!
Good call on watching the game at Planet Fitness. Never thought to do that. We have thought about van life, but have never actually gone thru with it. Life gets in the way sometimes. Des Moines is such a nice place but I haven't been there in a long time. We do visit state capital buildings and have vlogged the ones in SC, NY and VT. NH coming soon too and many others! Hope to visit them all one day. Check out our NY one if you have time, it was SO cool!
Is van life something you're still considering? Audra grew up in NY and visited the capital when she was young but didn't fully appreciate it then. We'll have to get there sometime. And we'll check out that video! Thanks for watching!
@@SteveAudra Yeah but little one is still pushing thru school and January 1st I start my 18th year at my job so hard to give that up. Maybe when I retire.
Depending on the time of the year but l recommend summer activities like the lowa State fair or the Warren county fair or 515 live or the ltalian or Asian festivals or the Farmers Market that runs May thru end of October these aren’t all free but worth to checkout if your in town when they’re taking place! Love the video and l got a kick on how Des Moines was pronounced lol thank you and god bless
You gotta beware of audra reading the shining! Shed be one scary guy guy!! OMG i get drunk a lot these days usually i do whatever i can for my health Once i almost drank to death with vodka No worries, people, i learned
So sad seeing fellow Iowans school you on the pronunciation when it was obviously a little tongue in cheek humor! I think it was 5th grade, many states away, when I learned the state capitals AND their pronunciation although I've Uberred a few folks from the airport from different countries whose English translation added the S's and I would always jokingly correct them so others wouldn't know they're from "out of town" lol. And I'll STILL never get over the design and corresponding name of that bridge! Lol
@@bobboyoop1141 Maybe not everyone is watching past the beginning to realize we were just having a little fun. 🤷🏼♀️ Thanks for getting it! 🙂 We did seriously love the area though. We had a great time there!
Thanks for joining us on this adventure in Des Moines! We've been enjoying our trip through the Midwest so much and hope you keep watching as the adventure continues!
Here's a link to the Reciprocal Admissions Program (RAP) through the American Horticultural Society that we mention: ahsgardening.org/gardening-programs/rap/
If you're new to the channel, we hope you'll subscribe and check out some of our other videos as well! See you on the road! 🙂🚐
Next time you come through you'll have to check out The trestle bridge just north of Des Moines
Thanks! That was on our list thanks to fellow RUclipsr friends Joyce and Daryle of Learning to Travel but unfortunately we didn't have the time in our schedule to get there. Next time!
LoL I live in Des Moines Iowa. The S’s are silent . “De Moine” I am 6 houses away from Iowa State Fairgrounds, which is the 3rd largest fair in the US. We have over a million people in our neighborhood for 11 days. Des Moines is changing constantly and growing bigger. Thanks for stopping here. ❤️🦋❤️
@@angielindsey7390 Yes, that was just a little humor. We had even more fun with Dubuque! That must get a little crazy during the fair. We loved our time in your area!
That’s my hometown! Love watching travelers seeing this place for the first time
@@diabeticnomad We really enjoyed our time there! Are there any spots we missed that you recommend?
I’m from Iowa and I couldn’t even begin to get used to pronouncing Des Moines that way.
We've gone through several cities now that have interesting names. Some I wouldn't want to live in because I wouldn't want to have to say it all the time! LOL! Thanks for watching!
Now I want to visit Iowa's! Great video! THANK-YOU!
That's what we love to hear! We love sharing places we explore and hope to inspire others. Thanks for leaving a comment. We hope you'll join us for more adventuring! 🙂🚐
Another great stop is the World Food Prize building. Only open certain days, but well worth organizing your schedule around it on your next time through! Thanks for enjoying our hidden gem of the Midwest!
Thanks so much for that recommendation. We'll add it to our list for the future! We are so glad we added this region to our itinerary. We enjoyed it so much!
It's great to see that you guys enjoyed your time in Des Moines! If you're ever back, some other great places you may like are the Grays Lake bridges and tunnel at night, the same overlook at Macrae Park at night, the High Trestle Trail Bridge anytime, Ingersoll Ave, the East Village if you didn't explore it too much, the Art Center which has a beautiful garden, and Valley Junction in West Des Moines
Thank you so much for these recommendations! We appreciate it and will add them to our list!
Thank you for showing off des moines,ia. We have some really cool attractions here. The next time you come through des moines, you need to go see the saylorville dam!! It is also very cool. The botanical center and McCrea park view area are two of my absolute favorite places to go in des moines. Again, thanks for coming and we'd love to have you come again !!!
We really loved our time in your area and wish we'd had more time to explore. Hopefully we'll get back there again and can check out more of it!
Glad you enjoyed your trip to Des Moines! Not sure if you mentioned it, but the skate park is the largest in the country (opened on May 7, 2021, and host to the 2021 Dew Tour, the Lauridsen Skatepark the largest open park in the nation).
I don't think we did mention that in our video but when posting photos on Instagram and Facebook, I try to do more research and did discover and share that info there. It was a really cool skate park!
The way Steve pronounced Des Moines is just like I would pronounce it in Estonian or in Spanish. I almost got dizzy... 🥴
Interesting sculpture park reminded me sculpture garden in Chicago or where it was. This capital building is a real artwork, very cool that that they allow visitors. Botanical garden was cool too, beautiful cactuses and plants. This little girl was riding the skateboard like a real pro. Looks like a lot of fun but I would fall in first meter. Great video. I enjoyed it. 👍
Perhaps you and Steve can team up and do city pronunciations together! 😆 The capital building truly was amazing to see. It was so ornate! And the botanical garden was beautiful too! If I tried skating boarding I'd probably end up with several broken bones! Thanks, Thomas! ❤️
Thanks for visiting! Enjoyed watching your video of our capitol city.
We're glad our route took us through the area! We thoroughly enjoyed it!
That was awesome! Cool flowers and plants, the capital building was cool too.
Steve, I told you before, STOP eating GRAPES!!
You never listen! Lmbo
Glad you enjoyed it! 😊 We really did love our time there. Stopping at botanical gardens is a given. I don't know why we didn't think to check out capitol buildings before! I keep telling Steve to stop eating grapes also. He just doesn't listen! 😂
What a great tip about the capitol buildings! We have visited a few but haven't thought about trying to see the inside. Another great video!
Thank you! ❤️ Yes, definitely check out the inside! We haven't even visited the Florida capitol other than walking by it so that's on our list now!
What a cool place that sculpture garden was! Happy New Year to you!.
Thanks, Deb! We found so many neat things in this area. Happy new year to you! Hopefully we'll see you soon!
Oh wow! Tgat park is awesome! We got a little dizzy watching ya go around I'm that thing😅, beautiful park and loved all the sculptures there! That capitol building just amazing!That's funny seeing the paper airplane 😅 That library oh my gosh you're so right about the Harry Potter scene 😄 just beautiful!
And the gardens just beautiful especially the entrance, we love humming birds lol! That green house just amazing! We love all those tropical plants , we have a few like tge succulents and few of the others too lol! Of course they are inside lol! That skateboard park was neat too, and seeing them do those tricks ,that little girl looked like she knew how lol! We like watching them but we'd break too many bones trying that 😅
Awesome vidieo guys and thanks for sharing , can't wait to see the next one , stay safe and enjoy! You guys rock!
There were so many neat things to see there! We've loved all those spots we shared and are glad you enjoyed seeing them too. I think the library in the capital building was my favorite. And I always love seeing the plants. The tropical and succulents are my favorite! If I tried skateboarding I would also probably break several bones! LOL! Thanks for watching, as always! ❤️🙂🚐
@SteveAudra you guys are awesome and we always love watching y'all 🥰
As a person who grew up in Des Moines I love seeing visitor's viewpoints on our city! That dome trip scared me a bit when I was little. You can actually go further up to the cupola on tip but it's a scary trip, not sure if they still do that or not.
We're glad you enjoyed the video. 🙂 We sure enjoyed our time there! We wanted to go up further in the dome but they said that was off limits. It's funny, of all the travel videos we've ever done, we've had the most comments from locals on this one. We're curious, how did you find our video? We are trying to figure out if there is just more local pride from those that live in the Midwest or if there is something that is sending you all our way!
I'm totally bias since I've lived in the area for 15 years but Des Moines still feels like a fun and not overly large city me. Plenty to do and keep busy.
Well, we can certainly understand why you feel that way. We had a great there! Thanks for watching and taking time to leave a comment!
I enjoyed your video of my hometown. It was cool that you went up in the dome at the State Capitol. I've lived here my whole life but I don't think I've ever gone up there. I've never been in that library either. I just might have to visit the Capital again, thanks!
We're so glad you enjoyed it! Yes, go check out the library at the Capitol building! It was SO cool!
Only Steve would spot that paper airplane!! Lol. That sculpture garden was magnificent! Can't wait to see your West, West travels. Waiting with bated breath. Save travels! And a happy new Year!
Yes, only Steve! The sculpture garden was really neat, wasn't it!? Super fun! I think it would be neat to see at night too. We're looking forward to sharing more "west, west" videos! ❤️
I've lived in Des Moines all
my life and it's pronounced Dē Mōyn.
Edit: I'm so happy you enjoyed our small city!!
Also, I subscribed. ❤❤
Thanks you so much! We loved your city! 🙂 Let us know if there's anything we should add to our list for next time!
Nice job! Subscribed!
Glad you enjoyed your visit to our fine city! I've lived all over the country and it really is a superior quality of life here compared to many places. Folks are generally warmer and more genuine here, the streets are cleaner, and, importantly as I'm sure you'd agree, its cheaper!! Anyhow, thanks for visiting us, enjoy the rest of your trip, and y'all come back and see us again sometime! ❤😊👍
Thanks so much, Jim! We definitely enjoyed our visit and would love to come back again in the future. We also immediately noticed that people were more friendly when we got to the region - people waving as we drove down the street and people all around more helpful. Pretty refreshing! Thanks for watching!
Oh, and thanks for subscribing too! We appreciate it and hope you'll follow along as our adventure continues! 🙂
@@SteveAudra I surely will! Enjoy the ride! 😊
@@jimhurlbut3649 It's funny, of all the travel videos we've ever done, we've had the most comments from locals on this one. We're curious, how did you find our video? We are trying to figure out if there is just more local pride from those that live in the Midwest or if there is something that is sending you all our way!
@@SteveAudra Sure. It just popped up in my feed, probably because I'm from Des Moines and have checked out other vids with Des Moines content.
As for the magnitude of response, I think that's sort of a Midwestern thing. We ARE proud of our communities and our quality of life, generally-speaking, and want to be good ambassadors. Every year there's usually a story or two about some folks who were passing through like y'all and were so impressed that they relocated or retired here! Cool, huh?! Anyway, thanks for the fair and impartial take on our fair city and y'all come back now, ya hear! 👍😊♥️
The Salisbury House in Des Moines is worth touring too.
@@rallyfan555 Thanks for that recommendation!
You missed Better Holmes & Gardens but real nice anyway. 👍 Rock on 🙂
We really wanted to visit there but it wasn't open when we were there! 😭
Please come back about January 15th, for the good weather!
The good weather? In January???
Loved this video! Thank you for the information about the American Horticultural Society! I had no idea they had a program like that! I'm so glad I found your videos! =D
We're so glad you found us and enjoyed this video! We hope you'll watch others. We've been to some great places! Yes the RAP program is great! Find a garden near you on their list and you can visit so many for free. Usually the local garden memberships are really affordable for what you get! We have been to so many beautiful gardens!
@@SteveAudra We are so excited to try some of these beautiful gardens out! We just became members and we live near Nashville, and our local botanical garden, Cheekwood is pretty awesome! I am hoping we can go see their beautiful Christmas light display before they take it down! Botanical Gardens seem to really know how to do Christmas lights!!! I love your videos and have been watching since before you went Full time! We used to live in South Florida too, and we travel back to Florida quite a bit. Your videos have shown us so many neat things to do and places to see for the next time we go! I hope you are still loving full-time Vanlife! I'm looking forward to your next video! I will definitely be watching!!! Praying you have a very Happy and Prosperous New Year!!! =D
@@theglampercamper Thank you so much! ❤️ I'm excited for you to get to experience more beauty this way. Be aware that sometimes free admission isn't available if there is a special event going on such as a Christmas display. It's a good idea to call first. Usually where you are a member you still get free or discounted access but it may be limited at reciprocal locations. We hope to get to Nashville in the New Year. We'll have to remember Cheekwood! We are still loving being full time. Hopefully we can cross paths sometime! Maybe check out a garden together! 😊
Im behind you guys in PA 😂😂 good luck guys
Thanks for saying hi! 😊
Thank you Audra for pronouncing it correctly! And 😡 Steve! lol
That's kind of something we do, joking about pronunciation. In this case we knew the correct pronunciation but sometimes we don't (and Google is known to massacre names so we can't trust that)! You should watch our earlier episode on Dubuque! 😆 We loved our time in the Midwest!
Good call on watching the game at Planet Fitness. Never thought to do that. We have thought about van life, but have never actually gone thru with it. Life gets in the way sometimes. Des Moines is such a nice place but I haven't been there in a long time. We do visit state capital buildings and have vlogged the ones in SC, NY and VT. NH coming soon too and many others! Hope to visit them all one day. Check out our NY one if you have time, it was SO cool!
Is van life something you're still considering? Audra grew up in NY and visited the capital when she was young but didn't fully appreciate it then. We'll have to get there sometime. And we'll check out that video! Thanks for watching!
@@SteveAudra Yeah but little one is still pushing thru school and January 1st I start my 18th year at my job so hard to give that up. Maybe when I retire.
when you were on the capital tour did you get to the tunnels under the capital complex??
What???? We never heard a thing about them. I guess that means we'll have to come back! 😊
I live in Des Moines and that’s definitely not how you pronounce it ! The two ss are silent!
Very lucky to get in the dome with the tour group!
We really did love our time in Des Moines and were thrilled to go up in the dome. Any recommendations for other things to do or see in the area?
Depending on the time of the year but l recommend summer activities like the lowa State fair or the Warren county fair or 515 live or the ltalian or Asian festivals or the Farmers Market that runs May thru end of October these aren’t all free but worth to checkout if your in town when they’re taking place! Love the video and l got a kick on how Des Moines was pronounced lol thank you and god bless
We watching 👀
We glad! 😊🙃
You gotta beware of audra reading the shining! Shed be one scary guy guy!!
OMG i get drunk a lot these days usually i do whatever i can for my health
Once i almost drank to death with vodka
No worries, people, i learned
So sad seeing fellow Iowans school you on the pronunciation when it was obviously a little tongue in cheek humor! I think it was 5th grade, many states away, when I learned the state capitals AND their pronunciation although I've Uberred a few folks from the airport from different countries whose English translation added the S's and I would always jokingly correct them so others wouldn't know they're from "out of town" lol. And I'll STILL never get over the design and corresponding name of that bridge! Lol
@@bobboyoop1141 Maybe not everyone is watching past the beginning to realize we were just having a little fun. 🤷🏼♀️ Thanks for getting it! 🙂 We did seriously love the area though. We had a great time there!
@@SteveAudra Come back sometime for the State Fair, that's a must. Have missed 1 in 34 years, that was COVID when it was cancelled. Bring an appetite!
It's pronounced 'Duh' Moin (coin) the s is silent.
Thanks. We were just kidding at the beginning.
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Dez moinezzzzz no. Just no lol. It's pronounced DUH MOYNE.
😂 If you think that's bad, you should hear how he pronounces Dubuque!
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