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Week 13 - West Virginia at Iowa State

A travel blog entry by jasonandjanell

... that day. The aforementioned cold and wind certainly put a damper on the festivities. So did the fact that most of the students were out of town for Thanksgiving. That being said, there was still plenty of cooking, games, beer drinking, and over-the-top vehicles to make this a great time. I think the rating would have been higher on a warmer weekend with the students in town. Rating - 7 of 10.

The Game - Although both teams ...

Our beautiful family in Iowa

A travel blog entry by adrian-cassii

... of 5th graders Aussie slang at Aunt Marcia's school, road in a combine to pick the corn, and carved up a Halloween storm. We will be sad to leave our Iowa family, but are looking forward to visiting cousins on the east coast. Thanks Ruby and Marcia for your hospitality, and to all our family...love ...

Iowa & Nebraska Capitals

A travel blog entry by ecks-adventures

... We found the lowest gas prices so far in Iowa and got the best gas mileage driving our new KIA Sorento, 33 mpg, westbound on the freeway from Des Moines yesterday. I think washing the car may have helped! There must have been 10 # of dust, mud and bugs on the car from nearly 5 weeks on the road.

Kim

(sorry for so many photos with this entry, but there was so much art work at these two capitols, it was hard not to keep taking photos)
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A few days left

A travel blog entry by ellehina

Andrew and I will be leaving Iowa soon. This blog is where I will be posting all of the information on our adventures. We hope many of you will follow along as we set off on a new phase of life and to the other side of the world!!!

I will start sharing pictures soon as well as share what's going on for ...

Capital City and New Brewery

A travel blog entry by ecks-adventures

... at Mike and Heidi's home,
Mike, who grew up in The Netherlands, said it's against the law for
truck drivers to move into the inside lanes on freeways. I wish that
was the case here.

It was raining so hard in Des Moines, that we didn't get any photos - the capital bldg was stunning, and would have worth the photo, but it just wasn't possible due to the weather.
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