K-State Podcaster Says Ames is Worst Road trip in Big 12!
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Went to an ISU FB game at Morgantown and told the locals we were headed to the Shenandoah Valley for a week after the game. Asked what was the best highways to take and they were unanimously aghast that we were headed east over the mountains. None had ever been to Virginia. West Va is an interesting place, hard to get there and not a straight road in the state.
Shenandoah Valley is another wonderful drive to take in fall, but really anytime of the year, much like upstate New York from NY City to Montreal. Both are just wonderful places to visit and really do nothing.
Dude Ames absolutely blows compared to Lawrence,KS. Its not even close. And Boulder would be a cool place even if it was on the plains.
What makes Lawerence KS cool and hip, and so much better than Ames. What I know about Lawerence is driving through it on our way to Dallas, so only from the turnpike. Boulder sets at the foot of the mountains, that is why it's the way it is, Location, Location, Location.
Dude, I've been to Lawrence many times. It's a nice college town, but nothing special.
Outside of the mountains, which are incredible, Boulder itself is wildly overrated.
My wife and I went out there on a Saturday night a few years ago, and at 35 we were the youngest people out. Every bartender said the college kids just got stoned in their dorms
My wife and I went out there on a Saturday night a few years ago, and at 35 we were the youngest people out. Every bartender said the college kids just got stoned in their dorms
Went out to the Colorado game, and multiple fans I talked with said Colorado students just pregame in their dorms before the games.
A nice flight to Pittsburgh , and an easy drive to Morgantown. Get lucky and catch a Steelers game on Sunday !
Be happy you can leave. I had to live there for 5 years, it was miserable, same time as Bobby Knight came to town. Nothing to do, nowhere to go, no scenery, no points of interest. And in the spring, you get the legendary red dust squalls coming in from the west. Let me tell you, that dust gets into EVERYTHING. I couldn't wait to leave that awful place, and have (literally) never been back.
Nothing. Deadeyededric just hates Ames, Iowa State, and Iowa.
For the record, I like Lawrence a lot. But I like Ames a lot too.
Fitz is fun, and has been complaining to me about cold windy games in Jack Trice for 15 years now.
Probably twenty years ago, we drove (from Iowa) to Washington, DC for Spring Break. I like to drive a different route home when possible and we planned to spend the night in Morgantown on the return trip. We pulled up in front of the Morgantown Holiday Inn at 3pm, leaving plenty of time to explore town & campus. My wife and three kids didn't like the look of things and voted to keep driving, so I've passed thru Morgantown but that's the extent of it...
To be fair it at least has an airport in town. That plays a lot into the mind of those in a travel party. Also location of hotel and what is around it that you can easily get to.
I really wish our fanbase would realize and accept that Ames is incredibly limited in terms of options for entertainment, and we are quite slow at getting certain food/drink establishments, but its not an indictment upon us as fans one bit.
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Honestly we rarely ever get "really cold" games....even in November, most of our games are in the 50s and 40s.
Also is he forgetting it was literally blizzarding in Manhattan in 2023 for Snowmageddon?
Also is he forgetting it was literally blizzarding in Manhattan in 2023 for Snowmageddon?
Manhattan Regional is not a large airport though and I'd imagine most people who are from out of town are flying into KC and making the 2 hour drive to Manhattan.
Des Moines flies to most of the Big 12 locations and DSM to Ames is all of 45 minutes...not too bad.
