GREAT airport! It's not a commercial airport, but for private pilots, this place is absolutely…read moreamazing. If you're looking to learn how to fly or just want to take some rides in smaller airplanes, you can't go wrong with this airport. You can rent aircraft here, attend events, learn to fly, store your aircraft, and more. If you're curious about small aircraft, they also offer rides as well as very affordable Intro rides to give you the flying experience. (I'd say every person who has any interest in aviation should totally do an Intro ride with them - no exclusions.) The guy in charge of this airport (Jonathan) obviously cares about the airport. It doesn't seem to be just a "financial" thing with him. He really has a love for aviation, and he wants to grow the airport and other aviation lovers, and it shows. He's a fantastic teacher and extremely friendly. In fact, all of the employees were very friendly and nice. It's honestly one of the nicest small airports that I've ever been to. For pilots: the interior is really clean and comfortable. They have seating. The bathrooms are clean as well. You're less than 5 minutes away from the city of Independence AND this airport offers a FREE courtesy car. (Just call ahead). If you want to eat somewhere in town, I highly recommend Bill's in Independence. It's totally worth the flight. They have aircraft available for rental as well. Very reasonable rates - and the rates for instruction time are very reasonable as well. The aircraft are in great shape, and among pilots I've talked to, their planes are known for being well taken care-of. Unlike other airports, you can also learn acrobatic flying here as well - yay! This airport is pretty active with events as well. They offer free learning seminars, and they also have cookouts during the summer. I'm not sure if they have any particular fly-ins, but they have a really nice website that seems to be regularly updated (which again, rare with airports), so you can check out that information. The only downside is that it's kinda in the middle of nowhere when driving. You can go from the highway and go to the airport, but you'll be going through a bit of gravel. Alternatively, you can go through Independence's downtown all the way past McDonalds, and take a left. The signs WILL get you from the highway to the airport within 5 minutes if you're driving in. There are also signs if you go through the downtown area. Airports tend to need to be outside of travel areas anyway. Super duper impressed with this place. I'll go out of my way to fly and get training here instead of somewhere else.

Quirky little stop after kayaking! My parents recommended it as it was a fun little diner that…read morethey'd stopped at. Unfortunately we were there when it was a buffet and didn't get to do the menu. It was still absolutely delicious and delightful though! The chicken was to die for. So tender, fell right off the bone. Taste was unreal. Pie was equally incredible. Now, this part is weird as I don't usually take photos of the bathroom, however, you can see from my photos that this place was spotless and super unique! Honestly, worth a stop just for the super clean, quirky bathrooms. Manager/staff was incredibly friendly and fast. They kept checking on us and made sure we didn't feel overlooked.

They didn't have any steaks even though they were on the menu. Took us over 2 hours to get our food…read more(ordered at 5pm, no food until after 7pm) even though 4 tables were seated, served and left before our food came. Server kept forgetting our orders. My Patty melt was burnt as were several other peoples entrees. Very bad night for Franklin Hotel. No apology or acknowlwdgement things were not going well.

We stayed here this past weekend for a family event and for small town Iowa, this was a great…read morefacility. We booked all three bedrooms, used the sitting room in the larger bedroom as a kids campground, and everything worked out great. The owner was super nice and breakfast was a hit with the kids. I recommend this B&B if you are looking for a place to stay in the area.

The people at AJ's Camper rentals were very nice and accommodating, which suited our needs…read moreperfectly. We will gladly continue to use their service in the future if needed and we would recommend them to anyone!

The owners of this property were amazing and unbelievably accommodating to our 12U baseball team…read morethat stayed here for our Field of Dreams trip. Breakfast was good and the patio and field in the back of the property was perfect.

I try to give small town business some grace, but the negatives at this place outweighed the…read moreoccasional positive. The heating/cooling units emit a horrible noise making them impossible to use at night if you want to get any sleep. When we called to ask about the issue, the front desk staff confirmed this was something they were aware of, it happened in many of the units and a solution hadn't been identified. Yeah people, most folks who stay in hotel/motel rooms plan to sleep. I would not recommend anyone staying there unless you have packed ear plugs. Maybe the place should hand them out since they're aware this is a problem

Humle travel makes traveling a delight. They do all the work, and we just get to go. NEVER had a…read morebad experience!!

Horrible experience. Thought using a travel agent would expedite travel plans to a different…read morecountry but it would have been easier - and cheaper - to do it myself online. The travel agent was very inexperienced, not knowledgeable about the process, booked our tickets with mistakes and when we questioned him, he said it would "fix itself later in the system". The mistake did not "fix itself later" and after speaking with a supervisor for OVER AN HOUR, I still had to pay extra to have her fix her employee's mistake. Humble did NOT provide any service but rather a huge HEADACHE. Not worth dealing with Humble Travel on any future trips. Go somewhere else if you want to use a travel agent.

Thanks to Justin and Stacy for sorting a couple of problems with our new to us camper. Not only…read moredid Justin repair the problem with our plumbing but he repaired it with high quality parts - not plastic that will give out again. Their service was prompt and professional and very fair priced. We also had the added bonus of their experience when jumping into the camping world - they have a wealth of knowledge and were happy to share it, genuinely nice people, we are ready to hit the road. Happy to recommend their repair and rental services to anyone.

WOW! What a find! Dan is so responsive and accommodating. He set us up a great wine tour…read moreincluding some hidden gems. He was a good communicator and sensitive to all our needs. A great way to spend a few hours w/o the hassle of driving. Although we just did Willamette Area wine tasting he also does pick ups from Portland Airport, trips to the beach, just about anything that requires transportation.