Riverside Starship

"I'm from Iowa, I only work in outer space." - James T. Kirk, circa 1986. 

Riverside Corn

Shadow Over America: Dreams of a Better Tomorrow

In times of darkness, dreams sustain us. To Riverside, nestled in the full-to-bursting cornfields of Iowa, for an encounter never anticipated: a date with a future of hope at The Voyage Home Museum and the birthstone commemorating the yet-to-come birth of one James Tiberius Kirk.

We reach St. Louis. Now, we wait...for eclipse. 

Shadow Over America: Cedar Rapids Respite

Two days of rest at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center in Cedar Rapids. It is gorgeous and affordable and filled with wonderful staff, students and graduates of the hospitality program incorporated into the hotel. After many hours of travel, our aching bones need time to recuperate.