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Week 13 - West Virginia at Iowa State
... full even though it was cold. Most of the empty seats were in the student section, which was understandable since they were on break. Our section stood and cheered the whole game. There was a little negativity, but most of it was something like "Come on O-line!" or "Catch it with your hands!" after a bad play. Not exactly encouraging, but I've certainly heard worse this year. The fans cheered very loudly when West Virginia had the ball ...
God's Work
... personal stories, how they came to Boys Town, and where they see themselves. They truly have changed since being here. So many kids get caught up in twitter, facebook, the internet, social life, etc and these two men taught our ladies what it means to focus on yourself and how not to worry about everything else going on around us. They came to Boys Town with problems, a lack of support, broken, and going in the wrong ...
Fields and Wind Turbines
... last few years.
Rhonda and Troy took us out to dinner at the Iowa Machine Shed in Davenport IA. It reminded me a lot of Cracker Barrel. The food was really good. It was so good to see Rhonda and Troy again. We hadn't seen them for 3 years since the last time they hosted the Newf Net Get-Together. They are still working on rebuilding their farm house that was destroyed by the fire. I wish we could have spent more time ...
Perfect spot
We made it last night past De Bouis, Iowa almost to Nebraska. As I was driving my eye started closing and fatigue was effecting both us about 7pm. We saw a sign for "camping" and pulled off. 7 miles off the interstate we found a beautiful place wooded by a river and all to our selves for $9. The dogs and i hiked the ...
Day 5: Elk Horn, IA
... brunch buffet.
After lunch we decided to explore Elk Horn's Danish heritage more by going to the Danish Immigrant Museum, just up the street. The museum was surprisingly well done. The main exhibit covered Danish immigration trends since the 1940s, including a fascinating section of Danish Jews during WWII. The museum itself is in the middle of nowhere; from the parking lot you can hardly see any other buildings, nothing but rolling hills of corn ...
