This is the second collection of “other” images I took while harvesting the town signs of Madison and Union County. This was the last town sign harvesting trip I ever took with my Mom. All of the pictures in this collection were taken in Madison County. St. Charles, East Peru,… Read More »Madison County and Union County Auxiliary Images – 2
After laying my pick down for the week (cue Loverboy) on a recent Friday, I cruised up to Grundy County and harvested their town sign. I didn’t have my ritualistic Hardee’s breakfast due to the time of day, but I did have Hardee’s for supper, which was technically a loss,… Read More »Town Sign Project: Grundy County
This is the first collection of other images I took while harvesting the town signs of Madison and Union County. This was the last one of these trips I took with my Mom. It also includes the last picture I ever took with her. It was at the John Wayne… Read More »Madison County and Union County Auxiliary Images – 1
I recently took a Friday off from the Computer Mine and Jesse and I spent the day tooling around Poweshiek County (and Benton County) harvesting their town signs. It was a very enjoyable trip, because it included ice cream! As all great road trips should. Here are some facts about… Read More »Town Sign Project: Poweshiek County
Back in March I made a solo trip up to Franklin County to harvest the town signs that I was missing. Here are some of the auxiliary images I took while I was up there. Popejoy Bradford Hampton Chapin Sheffield Hampton Again Geneva Beeds Lake State Park Coulter Franklin County… Read More »Franklin County Auxiliary Images
I recently took a Friday off from the Computer Mine and Jesse and I spent the day tooling around Benton County and another county harvesting their town signs. It was a very enjoyable road trip. Here are some facts about Benton County: + Population is 26,076. + The county seat… Read More »Town Sign Project: Benton County
This is the final collection of images of the trip I took to Audubon and Guthrie Counties with my Mom to harvest their town signs. All of these pictures are taken in either Audubon or Gray. Audubon Gray I know that this is the second straight day with a mention… Read More »Audubon and Guthrie County Auxiliary Images: Vol 3
I recently drove around the massive Tama County to harvest their town signs. It was a solo trip and I was surprised to discover that there are apparently many cities in Tama with Czech roots. I mostly think of the Meskwaki when I think of Tama County. That and the… Read More »Town Sign Project: Tama County
Here is the second collection of auxiliary images I took while harvesting the town signs of Audubon and Guthrie County with my Mom. The thing is that none of these pictures were taken in Guthrie County and the biggest chunk of them was taken in Shelby County. That is #roadtriplife.… Read More »Audubon and Guthrie County Auxiliary Images: Vol 2
I recently drove around Marion County to harvest their town signs. Marion County includes two of the more famous Iowa towns, Pella and Knoxville. Here are some facts about Marion County: + Population is 33,309. + Pella is the largest city. + Knoxville is the county seat. + Named for… Read More »Town Sign Project: Marion County
Harvesting the town signs of Audubon and Guthrie County was one the last road trips I took with my Mom. I took lots of pictures that day, so I’m going to break it up into at least two posts. All of today’s pictures were taken in Guthrie County: Panora Guthrie… Read More »Audubon and Guthrie County Auxiliary Images: Vol. 1
Clarke County includes Murray, Iowa. The Murray town sign was the last town sign I harvested on the last road trip I took with my Mom. I recently returned to Clarke County to get the one town sign I was missing. Here are some facts about Clarke County: + The… Read More »Town Sign Project: Clarke County
Adair County includes Orient, Iowa. The Orient town sign was one of the town signs I harvested on the last road trip I took with my Mom. I had already taken pictures of most of the town signs in Adair County before going there recently to take pictures of the… Read More »Town Sign Project: Adair County
Back in February I cruised around Hardin County harvesting town sign photos. This was a solo trip. These are some of the non-town sign pictures I took on the trip. New Providence – This round gym was recently featured in a movie. Gifford Union Whitten Eldora Steamboat Rock Ackley I… Read More »Hardin County Auxiliary Images
There was a decent amount of submissions for TRAVEL. It looks like several people left their house this weekend and had TRAVEL adventures. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Micky Augustin Elizabeth Nordeen Jodie Cue… Read More »WPC – WEEK 294 – TRAVEL
Union County is the last county of I completed with my Mom. We went through a few counties on that road trip, so there are still a couple individual town signs from that trip to share, but Union County is the final county that we took to completion. I had… Read More »Town Sign Project: Union County
The pictures in the folder 2010-07-26 are from a road trip I took to Minnesota with Sara. It was frankly one the best road trips of my life. I got to hang out with some of my favorite people in the world. I got to see my favorite band in… Read More »2010-07-26
This is a reminder that at this point you have 1 hour to get your picks in for my NCAA Tournament Pool. Click on the link below to get started: Roundball Oracles – Year 16 Good luck! +++++++ I need to wish my Aunt Linda a happy birthday today. Happy… Read More »Jasper County Auxiliary Images
A couple weekends ago I hit the open road to harvest the town signs of Franklin County that I was missing. There are 10 towns in Franklin County and 2 Census Designated Places. Here are some facts about Franklin County: + The population is 10,680. + The county seat is… Read More »Town Sign Project: Franklin County
Buckle up, this one could be a long post. I need to start by wishing Dawn a happy birthday. Happy birthday Dawn! I hope your birthday is as amazing as you want it to be! +++++++ I also need to wish a happy birthday to Baier. Happy birthday Baier! I… Read More »Wright County Auxiliary Images
A couple weekends ago I was able to hit the open road and harvest the town signs of Audubon County. There probably won’t be an easier county to harvest than Audubon County. There are only 5 towns and almost all of those are on Highway 71. Here are some facts… Read More »Town Sign Project: Audubon County