Time to share another collection of images from my road trip to Lee County & Van Buren County to harvest their town signs. All of these pictures are taken in Van Buren County. In the villages of Bonaparte and Bentonsport. Bonaparte Bentonsport So let’s talk a moment about The Mason… Read More »Lee & Van Buren County Aux. – Vol. 4
A pox upon me for a clumsy lout. Yesterday I forgot to wish Jen a happy birthday in this forum. (Don’t worry I still wished her a happy birthday in another forum. It is called text messaging. Kids, ask your parents what that is.) So happy birthday Jen! Happy birthday!… Read More »Tenderloin Trail 2.0 – Graettinger Field Work
Time for another collection of images I took while harvesting the town signs of Lee County and Van Buren County. This collection begins in Lee County and then ends in Van Buren County. This reminds me, who wants to hit up Stanhope Watermelon Day with me? July 15! Keokuk I… Read More »Lee & Van Buren County Aux. – Vol. 3
Back in mid-May I loaded Jesse and Nader up and hit the road for my annual birthday road trip. This time, the main thing I wanted to see was the Orange City Tulip Festival. I’ve been to the Pella Tulip Festival a few times, so I wanted to see how… Read More »Flapjackin’: Orange City Field Work
Time for another collection of images from my road trip to Lee County and Van Buren County to harvest their town signs. All of these pictures are taken in Lee County. West Point West Point has a badass window painter. So I think this is badass. There are scores of… Read More »Lee & Van Buren County Aux. – Vol. 2
Back in August I took the Camry out on the open road to harvest the town signs of Lee County and Van Buren County. It was one of the longest trips I made on THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT. I left my house at 6:41 AM and returned at 8:31 PM.… Read More »Lee & Van Buren County Aux. – Vol. 1
This is the final collection of images from my road trip with Teresa to harvest the town signs of Henry and Jefferson County. All of this collection’s images were taken in Jefferson County. Mostly in Fairfield, but many in Maharishi Vedic City. Fairfield Maharishi Vedic City Maharishi International University I’d… Read More »Henry & Jefferson County Aux. – Vol. 4
Today is Jorge’s birthday! So happy birthday Jorge! I mean, anybody willing to pose for a picture like this deserves to have an amazing birthday! +++++++ A few weeks back Carla, Teresa, and I drove to What Cheer, Iowa to hit up their flea market. The original plan was just… Read More »I Scream: Monroe Field Work
Time for another collection of images from when Teresa and I made a road trip to Henry County & Jefferson County to harvest their town signs. Many of the pictures in this collection were actually taken in Van Buren County. Mount Pleasant Salem Hillsboro Stockport Fairfield There is still one… Read More »Henry & Jefferson County Aux. – Vol. 3
Time for another collection of images from my road trip to harvest the town signs of Henry and Jefferson County I took with Teresa. The majority of these pictures were taken in Mount Pleasant. We met up with Doug and Jodie for lunch in Mount Pleasant. Afterwards, Doug went back… Read More »Henry & Jefferson County Aux. – Vol. 2
Way back in August, Teresa joined me on a road trip to harvest the town signs of Henry County and Jefferson County. It was a good trip where met up with Doug and Jodie for lunch. We also saw the campus of the now closed Iowa Wesleyan. However, the first… Read More »Henry & Jefferson County Aux. – Vol. 1
Since my trip to Chicago I know I have missed celebrating a few birthdays on this website, but the bleeding stops today. Happy birthday to my awesome sister-in-law and fellow Brandi Carlile fan Becca! I hope you have a birthday that is as tremendous as you are! Lots of Brandi… Read More »Muscatine County Aux. – Vol. 5
Time for yet another collection of images from my road trip to Muscatine County to harvest their town signs. At this point on the trip, I had left Wildcat Den State Park and rolled into Muscatine. All of the pictures in this collection were taken in Muscatine. I once entered… Read More »Muscatine County Aux. – Vol. 4
ROAD TRIP! What a great theme and an even better way to spend a day or two. Nothing calls to me like the open road. But did it call to many other people? Or did people stay firmly entrenched on their couches? You will have to keep scrolling to find… Read More »WPC – WEEK 398 – ROAD TRIP
Despite the constant rain storm, I hung out by the Bellagio Fountains waiting for the show. While I was soaked, oh well, it gave me a feeling of solitude that I didn’t get very much in Las Vegas. No matter where you go, there are people everywhere. Tony is a… Read More »Viva Las Vegas Day 5B
Time for yet another collection of images from Muscatine County. One of my favorite counties that I visited. At least that wasn’t in the Loess Hills or the Driftless Area. Definitely Top 5. No lower than Top 10. This is not the collection that will show the dragon I bought… Read More »Muscatine County Aux. – Vol. 3
While I was in Dysart with Nader, I also took Rodan139 up to photograph their most famous illusion The Gorge. It needs to be painted, but it still gets the job done. It is an indication of how small of a town that Dysart is that there biggest tourist draw… Read More »Rodan 139: The Gorge
If things have worked out correctly, I’m currently in Chicago working for the Man, helping the Computer Mine sell its myriad of mining products at a convention aimed at our exact clientele. Which mean, I’m nowhere near a computer… Okay I’m probably surrounded by computers, but I still can’t stop… Read More »Week 398 – Reveal
Time to share another collection of images from my road trip to Muscatine County to harvest their town signs back in July of last year. Most of these are taken in Wilton. Wilton, Iowa. Home of many of my worst road trip failures. I’m talking about you Wilton Candy Kitchen… Read More »Muscatine County Aux. – Vol. 2
A couple of weeks ago I went on a road trip with Nader to check out the illusions of Dysart, Iowa. I have to confess it was a little bit of a bust. They are supposed to have 5 illusions, but 2 of them are gone. One badly needs painting.… Read More »Rodan139: Koi Pond Illusion
I’m hoping somebody out there is enjoying these Sunday food adventure posts as much as I enjoyed eating this food. Still finding my footing a little bit on the format, but that is okay. Today’s post is about a tenderloin I knocked down in Oskaloosa back in December on a… Read More »Tenderloining: Oskaloosa Field Work