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Week 13 - West Virginia at Iowa State
... off the field with a swinging march to the drumline playing "Sticks and Swing." The halftime show was basically a "best of" show from previous halftime performances. This was a bit disappointing considering that there hadn't been a home game in three weeks, but at least it was well rehearsed.
Once they started playing, the ISUCF"V"MB had one of the best sounds of all the bands on the tour. They were loud, they were clean, ...
Prelude to a dream
10:44 PM
Sitting. Scratch that. Lying. No. Sprawled out in the basement. Organizing music. Scrolling through my mental checklist of "to do's". And reaping the benefits of some much needed Family Guy therapy.
Preparing to bid a bittersweet "Auf Wiedersehen" to beautiful Iowa.
Until my next ...
Another train ride
We are now in Iowa, birthplace of John Wayne, Glenn Miller, and Mamie Eisenhower.
Today we rode on the Boone Scenic Railroad, which travels along the Des Moines river valley. However, it was not really very scenic, mostly just trees, and corn, with the occasional glimpse of the river. We also visited ...
Are you kidding me?
Friday, September 23, 2011
STATS
Departure: 12:00 noon (we’re falling into a habit, here)
Breakfast: in the RV
Lunch: on I-80 at a rest stop, in the RV
Dinner: in the RV
Arrival: 5:20 pm CT, Des Moines West KOA
Distance: 135 miles
Comments:
Today was sooooo much fun. We were on I-80, passing some slow-moving something-or-other, when we heard a sound like something fell ...
Winterset
... Wayne. After touring his home for the first three years of his life, we had lunch at a Mexican food place, different. Next stop was the City Park where there was another covered bridge, the Cutler-Donahoe Covered Bridge, and Clark Tower. The Cutler-Donahoe Bridge was built in 1870 and the Clark Tower was built in 1926 as a memorial to one of the ...