On the first day that I followed RAGBRAI, the final stop was Ames. Ames was an overnight town. I went to downtown Ames to check out their festivities and met up with the Gorshes. Here are some pictures: Honestly, the Ames RAGBRAI experience was a little bit of a disappointment.… Read More »RAGBRAI – Ames
ORANGE! The favorite color of some. Some even say it is the new black. Some say that whomever said it was the new pink was seriously deranged. But was all these opinions on ORANGE enough to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out:… Read More »WPC – WEEK 440 – ORANGE
Not gonna lie. Going to state it right out in the open. This post isn’t for everybody. I was already told once that I overshared about this process, but it was a food adventure of sorts and the information I’m going to share fits into my future food adventures. I… Read More »Colon Scopin’
I told you I would give you the info on as many local area fish fries as I could, on this the opening day of Catholic Fish Fry season. Here is the list I have compiled: St. Malachy, Madrid Feb. 16 & 23 & March 8 & 22 4:30-7 Prices… Read More »Iowa State Fair – Day 2 – Alpha
Today is a rare double holiday. It is both Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day. As always, if you are not out romancing it up tonight, I invite you to come to the Boone First United Methodist Church for our Ash Wednesday service. Full disclosure, I won’t be there. I am… Read More »RAGBRAI – LUTHER
TRAINS, PLANES, & AUTOMOBILES! A potential Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest class! But was that enough to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out: As of 12:01 PM on Monday, February 5, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in… Read More »WPC – WEEK 439 – TRAINS, PLANES, & AUTOMOBILES
Last Sunday I reported that I was out of food adventures to… uhh… report? Then on Saturday one just kind of fell into my lap*. A tenderloin food truck came to Boone. I’m not hitting the tenderloins hard, as they do fly in the face of my eating healthy journey,… Read More »Tenderloining: Boone Food Truck Field Work
Today is Bill’s birthday, so I need to wish him a happy birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILL! I hope your birthday is filled with all the Batman and Wolverine that you can handle! +++++++ Time for another collection of images from my trip to the George Perry Floyd Square: Still plenty… Read More »George Perry Floyd Square – II
Today seems like a good day to share the rest of the pictures from my day at the Iowa State Fair with Jen, Evie, and Layla. We saw some big chunks of the Fair and ate some great food and made some great art! Here are some of my favorites:… Read More »Iowa State Fair – Day 1 – Beta
EDITOR’S NOTE: It is possible that this will publish late this week. I am getting my taxes done at 11 this morning and when this publishes is dependent on how long that takes. BIG BUCKS! NO WHAMMIES!* CIRCLE! 360 degrees of fury! But is there enough fury in a CIRCLE… Read More »WPC – WEEK 438 – CIRCLE
When Jesse and I went down to Memphis to watch the embarrassing debacle that was the Liberty Bowl we made sure to eat a bunch of delicious food. Fortunately the Pastor at my church lived in Memphis for several years and he gave us several solid recommendations on places to… Read More »Liberty Bowl Road Trip Grub
Time to start sharing pictures from my numerous trips to the Iowa State Fair last year. Once again, I made a traditional visit on Day 1 of the Fair with Jen to watch Evie and Layla dance with their Irish dancing group. They performed early in the morning at the… Read More »Iowa State Fair – Day 1 – Alpha
Here is the balance of images from the quick road trip I took with Jesse up to see Bethany, Nora, and the musical JAGGED LITTLE PILL. Some of these are at that art park. The others are from around the Orpheum. Do you think this was left by Cindee and… Read More »Jagged Little Road Trip II
It is the last Monday of the month and on the last Monday of the month I like to revisit our Frequently Asked Questions. Who asks these questions? I mostly ask them of myself. But that isn’t a Frequently Asked Question. These are: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS – WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE… Read More »WEEK 437 – RULE OF THIRDS
When I celebrated my birthday with Jesse and Jay it was actually a split affair. We celebrated my birthday and Jay’s birthday. We played miniature golf for me. Then Jay chose the restaurant. We ate at a Mexican restaurant in Granger. I took pictures and was going to make it… Read More »Birthday Hikin’
Today is Anders’ birthday, so I need to wish him a happy birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDERS! I hope your birthday is filled with all the British and 70s science fiction you can handle! +++++++ Time to share the final collection of images from the Pufferbilly Days Parade and the final… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Parade Three
Back in August Jesse and I took a road trip up to Minnesota to watch the musical “Jagged Little Pill”. It was a quick trip, but we did get to spend some time with Bethany and Nora. They took us to this fascinating art park. I took a few pictures…… Read More »Jagged Little Road Trip I
Toda is Sheri’s birthday so I need to wish her a happy birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I hope it is as good of a birthday as is possible! +++++++ BREAKFAST! Some say that is it the most important meal of the day! I don’t know that it is, but was it… Read More »WPC – WEEK 436 – BREAKFAST
A couple months back Jesse and I hit the open road and ended up at The Feed Mill Restaurant in Audubon, Iowa. It was the 9th stop (technically 10th – but I’ll cover that) on the Tenderloin Trail 2.0. Leaving me just one stamp short of earning my Tenderloin Trail… Read More »Tenderloin Trail 2.0: Audubon Field Work
Last year the only real birthday celebration I had was playing miniature golf with Jesse and Jay at Jester Park. I’m not old and unathletic enough to play real golf yet. Maybe I’ll get there in the next few years, but until then the occasional stroll around a miniature golf… Read More »A Miniature Birthday
Time to share the rest of the collection from my trip to Rancho Deluxe with Jesse on our way up to Minnesota. Definitely something you should visit if you like art at all. I definitely want to visit this place again… and again… and again!