October Hockey Roadtrips:

Iowa — 3 days, 4 states, 2 hockey games.

First stop, Starbucks at 6:30am

Flint Hills, Kansas.

Iowa Cornfields & Grainbins.

Imes Bridge, St. Charles, Iowa.

Des Moines, Iowa

Lunch & Iowa Hard Cider at Racoon River Brewing Company.

Iowa Wild Tickets for opening weekend.

Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa.

Ewanyk doing his pregame thing on the Barons bench.

Opening night pyrotechnics for Iowa Wild

Omark & Lander. Lander & Omark.

Iowa Wild giveaways for opening weekend.

Iowa Wild!

Jones & Miller.

Iowa Wild Win opening night.

Court Avenue Brewing Company. (Highly recommended!)

Face off.

Klefbom and Gernat.

Marincin.

Iowa Wild.

Iowa Wild Ice.

Celebrating the OKC Barons win at the hotel post game.

Cutler Donahoe Covered Bridge, Winterset, Madison County, Iowa.

Cutler-Donhoe Bridge.

Cutler-Donhoe Bridge, Winterset, Iowa.

Iowa Cornfields.

Iowa Welcome Roster at Hollliwell over Middle River.

John Waynes Birthplace in Winterset, Iowa.

Near Hogback Bridge.

Off road to Hogback Bridge.

Roseman Bridge, off the beaten path in the backroads of Iowa.

Roseman Bridge

Winterset, Iowa Town Square.

Maid Rite just over Iowa State line from Missouri.

Maid Rite Iowa Tradition. Departing Iowa.

Maid Rite Iowa Tradition Loose Meat Sandwich.

Georgia and Florida — 14 days, 7 states, 5 hockey games, Florida Beaches, lots of seafood, and great times with friends and family.

Autumn leaves along the route.

Cider in Georgia.

Gwinnett Center Arena in Duluth, GA

Gwinnett Center Ice, Duluth, GA

Gwinnett Center Arena.

G&T’s under the palms in Florida on a very warm October day

Gin and Tonics on a warm evening.

Evening on the golf course

Canon at Castillo de San Marcos, San Augustine, FL.

Canon at Castillo de San Marcos, San Augustine, FL.

St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum

Pirates!

Now I’m an Official Pirate!

Clark’s Fish Camp

Clark’s Fish Camp Ceiling full of animals.

Gator at Clark’s Fish Camp

Gator at Clark’s Fish Camp.

Rainy evening at Clark’s

Clark’s Animals.

Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.

Ponte Vedra high surf.

St. Augustine Lighthouse

St. Mary’s Shrimp

Angry Orchard Seasonal: Cinnful Apple

St. Augustine, FL

Prehockey morning at Orlando hotel.

Orlando Solar Bears

Amway Arena, Orlando, FL

Downtown Orlando through Amway Arena windows.

Amway Arena, Orlando, FL

Orlando Solar Bears “Shades”

Brunch at Wolfies in Orlando, before Sunday’s game

Bloody Mary at Wolfies, Orlando, FL

Stella Artois at Cocoa Beach, FL.

Cocoa Beach, FL

Palm trees and beautiful blue Florida sky

Back in Georgia. My loaned book returned with Dave King’s autograph!

BEST on ice sponsor EVER!

Java in hotel room prehockey game back in Gwinnett

Solars Bears vs Gladiators in Gwinnett, Oct. 30th

Gwinnett warmups pregame.

Gwinnett Gladiators WIN in Shootout October 30!

Gwinnett Gladiators 2013-14

Best Coffee on the Interstate. Returning home.