Yes. There are some spaces on Water Street, plus plenty more free parking behind the hotel, as well as free parking on side streets.
Yes. Your presence at our wedding is enough of a gift, but should you wish to buy us something, please refer to the Gift Registry.
Yes. For our Honeymoon, we will embark on a 11-day British Isles cruise🛳️ from Amsterdam, Netherlands, onboard Celebrity Eclipse, visiting Scotland, Ireland, and England.
The address for The Hotel Winneshiek/Steyer Opera House is: 104 E Water Street, Decorah, Iowa 52101
We have reserved blocks of rooms at The Hotel Winneshiek. See the main page of this website for details under the Travel tab at the top of the page.
Yes. Please note on the RSVP reply card if you have a Plus One or any children attending.
Yes. Post away!
In Decorah, not likely unless you arrive by Wednesday, and we can play on Thursday, maybe Friday morning. In Waterloo, communicate with Bobby well in advance so an outing or two can be arranged the week prior to the wedding.
*Hotel Winneshiek - 104 E Water St, 563-382-4164, hotelwinn.com, Continental/self serve *Impact Coffee – 101 W Water St, 563.419.3141, impactcoffee.com; open Thur-Fri 6:30a-9p, Sat 7a-9p, Sun 8a-1p *Magpie Cafe & Coffeehouse - 202 W Water St, 563.387.0593, mymagpiecoffee.com; open W-Sun 7:30a-2p *The Landing Market (Justin’s, Root 43 Juicery, Tandem, The Buzz, and The Market) – 211 College Dr, 563.277.1893; open daily 7:30a-7p *Kozi Pie Shoppe – 213 W Water St, 563.277.1479; open Thur-Sun 9a-3p *Sabin Family Table - 817 S Mechanic St, 563.382.2964, familytabledecorah.com; open Mon-Sat 6a-8p, Sun 6a-2p *The Hay Market – 201 Washington St, 563.302.8005, thehaymarketdecorah.com; open Tue-Sun 7a-2a (Dive bar – not that there’s anything wrong with that!) *Oneota Community Food Cooperative – 312 W Water St, 563.382.4666, oneotacoop.com; open daily 9a-8p *Lefse Lodge Kafe (to experience Norwegian delicacies) - 400 W Water St, 563-382-5690; open daily 6:30a-2:30p *Mill Street Mocha (Drive-Thru or Walk-Up) - 909 S Mill St; M-F 6:30a-3:30p, Sat 7a-1p, closed Sun
Yes, go to visitdecorah.com for plenty of visitor information.
To understand why northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and southwest Wisconsin are collectively known as the “Driftless Area,” you must first look back hundreds of thousands of years. Throughout time, parts of North America have been covered by glaciers, towering masses of dense ice formed over centuries by the compaction of layer upon layer of snow. Glaciers are so massive they move under their own weight. Over time, they have repeatedly advanced and retreated from the upper half of North America, down through the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes region. As they did so, the ice sheets scoured, ground down, and flattened the landscape, leaving behind silt, sand, gravel, boulders, and other debris known as “glacial drift” when they receded. The Driftless Area was missed by the most recent glaciation, and maybe others before it. The glaciers advanced and retreated around, but not over, the region. And so, the land was not ground down and covered by deposits of glacial drift. Hence, the “Driftless” area. You can see this geological evidence as you explore the Driftless Area: the deep valleys, exposed bedrock, and towering bluffs are all there because the rivers and streams of the area have had millions of years to carve and erode the underlying bedrock, their work never erased by the flattening of the land and laying down of new sediment. The area is also defined by its unique karst topography. Its underlying bedrock of limestone, dolomite, and other rocks are slowly dissolved by water, creating caves, sinkholes, springs, and cold-water streams unique to this part of the Midwest, creating remarkable natural wonders just waiting for you to discover.