Hitting up the old backlog. Here are some pictures I took back in September: I believe these beauties reside in my front yard. Also, if you haven’t noticed, I’m experimenting with a different publishing time for the posts. I’m still thinking it over.
Here are the balance of pictures from the 2018 Women’s March in Des Moines: Lin-Manuel Miranda would be proud. She is from South Africa I was supposed to meet Jen up there, but she got sick. I was supposed to meet Russell up there, but he was late. I was… Read More »Women’s March Vol. 2
I was able to attend part of the Women’s March this year.Unfortunately I could only stay for about 45 minutes and I had to leave before it really started, but I was able to get some photos of the early birds: More from the Women’s March soon. Like Sunday.
Way back in May of last year I surprised Nate for his birthday. Well, I wasn’t the surprise, I was the distraction. While I was in the Manhattan area, I snapped a few photos: Some of the pictures were taken in Manhattan suburbs like Leonardville and Ogden and Shelbyville and… Read More »Happy Birthday Nate!
Here are the balance of the Needles Highway pictures: I would highly endorse the Needles Highway. It is a 2 lane road that is about the width of the roads that go through State Parks in Iowa. Only on one side is a 1500 fall to your death. Usually without… Read More »Needles Vol. 2
Heading back into the backlog for pictures from my trip to South Dakota with my Mom. These are from the Needles Highway: More from the Needles Highway to come.
Dipping back into the back log. These images are from the Caves Road Trip that Jay, Willy, and I went on back in July. On our way to the main course, the Maquoketa Caves State Park, we passed through a virtual ghost town. Scotch Grove. The only things is that… Read More »Nothing Behind Me, Everything Ahead of Me
A couple weeks back I went down to Manhattan, Kansas to visit Nate with Dae Hee. I actually only took out my camera once on the trip. Here are a few photos from Top of the World: It was a successful trip. We ate at the Toot Toot. We sat… Read More »Made it Ma! Top of the World!
The last collection of photos from my last trip to Minnesota are of my trip to the Super Bowl Experience with Dae Hee, Bethany, and Nora. Paul Bunyan! Eagle fans are the worst! America’s Team – I guess when I force myself to care about the NFL, they are my… Read More »Brunswick-Balke Collender Cup Experience
Last Saturday Boone had kind of a low level ice storm. It wasn’t bad, but it was enough to make traveling difficult and cover everything with a thin layer of ice. Here’s a few photos from the day: Naima did not enjoy the ice storm.
On my recent trip to the “bold” north, I made it a trip to Minnehaha Falls. Dae Hee and I foolishly made our way down a very dangerous set of steps to get near the base of the waterfall. Bethany and Nora wisely stayed in the car: If Dae Hee… Read More »Don’t Know if I’m Elated or Gassy. But I’m Somewhere in that Zone
Hitting up the backlog again. Here are a few more pictures from the Caves Road Trip. These are from Wapsipinicon State Park: These aren’t the caves we headed out to see, but we still hit them hard. Nothing like Bonus Cave Action. There is a legend about how the Wapsipinicon… Read More »Stupid Fleet Foot
Hitting up the backlog, here are a few pictures I took on Christmas: The tree pictures were taken for consideration for my Merry Christmas post.
Hitting the backlog again. Here are a few pictures from the Boone County Fair: Most of those goat belong to the Sharps.
Way back in July Willy, Jay, and I went on a road tip to the Maquoketa Caves State Park. These are not pictures of that park, but pictures taken randomly on the trip to and fro the park: I just have to say, my hat is off to the Anamosa… Read More »Manos: The Restaurant of Fate
On Super Bowl Sunday, DaeHee and I checked out part of the Saint Paul Winter Carnival. It was -2 degrees. Bethany and Nora just circled the block in the car. Here are a few photos: There were two big disappointments with the Saint Paul Winter Carnival. #1. You weren’t allowed… Read More »By What My Eyes Have Seen
I just want to drop a gratitude bomb on everybody that made it out to the Houston Mission Trip Fundraiser Spaghetti Dinner last night. I don’t have exact figures but based on the size of the crowd, it was a resounding success! Thought I would share a few cruddy cell… Read More »A Special Valentine
On Saturday night Iowa State had their annual Play4Kay game. As part of the festivities that had a banquet for cancer survivors. After the banquet, they had honored cancer survivors on center court and then they helped line the tunnel and gave the players high fives during player introductions. My… Read More »Play4Kay
Going through the backlog and think this is the balance of the photos of the toad that called my backyard home back in May of 2017: I miss that toad. I sure hope they come back this year and bring lots of friends! Toad friends!
I went to the Women’s March a few weeks back. I couldn’t stay for very long because I had 1 PM tickets for the Iowa State Cyclones beatdown of the #8 Texas Tech Red Raiders. So I showed up early hoping other people would show up early. On my walk… Read More »When I Meet Thomas Jefferson I’m ‘A Compel Him to Include Women in the Prequel!
I went up to Minnesota for the Super Bowl. Well, not really for the Super Bowl, but more for the activities surrounding the Super Bowl. I can’t afford a ticket to the Super Bowl. I work at the Computer Mine, not Goldman Sachs or some other place populated by white… Read More »I Left You by the House of Fun