Photos of the Trees after the Ice Storm hit us here in Illinois. I hear at home we got 6 inches of snow! Praying that all of you made it out okay and that your Christmas trips are safe and sound!
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Having grown up in the mid-western state of Missouri, I always have a small spot in my heart reserved for the local, small town. My mother’s family comes from the Hannibal, MO area, home of prolific author Mark Twain and the Mark Twain Dinette‘s Frosty Mug Root Beer. As a lover of root beer, and having tried out about every kind I stumble across, I can proudly say that this Frosty Mug Root Beer is still a favorite. 🙂
Labor Day Ventures
17 Oct
Labor Day Labors (of Fun) aka Adventure!
I long ago promised that I would relate my wonderful, awesome adventures cross-country this past labor day weekend. Labor Day weekend, always one of the great highlights of any college student’s life, was particularly exciting to me this year since I also had Thursday and Friday off and I was off to visit family for a BBQ. A five day weekend, BBQ Pork Steak, Baked Potato, Grilled Veggies, and Home-made Ice Cream and Fudge Sauce–the weekend was definitely offering great potential 🙂 My Aunt and her husband were hosting the BBQ at their cabin down in Illinois; having traveled the same road dozens of times in the past, the trip can get kind of boring at times.
Now you have to understand that I wasn’t going to be alone on this trip; my mom was also going to be riding down with me. My mom and I together are pretty awesome. We love taking the roads less traveled and heading off Continue reading
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
14 Oct
I have been horribly amiss, and I must officially apologize to all of my readers. I promised you an update some time ago on my visit to Door County Wisconsin and I didn’t update. I now must run away and hide in shame . . . (disappears with hanging head) Okay, I’m back! with the long ago promised post about all the awesome things I got to experience at Door County. I already hit on some of this before in my “I’ve arrived“ post on the trip up there, but for clarity’s sake I’ll touch on some of it again. The trip up there was actually kind of my idea since my family was caving into my desire to check out the Great Lakes. Despite living in the midwest area for most of my life, I’d never had the chance to check out the Great Lakes and it was on Continue reading
Entering Door County, Wisconsin
28 SepWe’re Off to Door County, WI!
My mom’s birthday pretty much rocks! Not just because it’s the birthday of the most awesome person ever (Seriously, I got the best mom possible); although that’s pretty sweet. 🙂 I’m also excited because it’s vacation time! See, my mom and her sister have birthdays one week apart (Sept. 27 and Oct. 6) and there is always one weekend in between. To celebrate, , my mom, my aunt, and I go on vacation to somewhere cool over the weekend. Continue reading
Gorgeous Day!
1 SepTomorrow I’ll post about my hilarious Labor Day adventures as I set off with Rambling Roberta the Garmin set to “shortest route” on my way home. But for now, here are a couple pics of the glorious day that was today!
Purely Iowa
31 MarPurely Iowa
If you ever visit the state, you’ll find that it is uniquely different from Missouri, Illinois, or the other mid-western states. Iowa embodies a sort of “rolling seas of grain” concept particularly in the pretty areas. The hills stretch out as far as the eye can see, covered in farms and fields. In the spring it all gets green and fresh; in fall, it’s golden and filled with corn and wheat stalks blocking your view (In the summer it all dies and gets kind of boringly brown 😛 ). But in the winter. . . oh, it’s just gorgeous. You can see forever and it all looks so open and warm. Anyway, for a girl who has a particular fondness for Virginian mountains and North Carolina’s ocean vista, Iowa was surprisingly beautiful.
So, since I’ll be leaving Iowa before too long, I went out looking for some photos that embodied what has become the true Iowa to me. And I actually got some really good ones 🙂 So here is my Iowa (with a couple fun ones just thrown in)!
Swinging Bridges and Small Town Romance
31 Dec*UPDATED*!!!
Having grown up in the mid-western state of Missouri, I always have a small spot in my heart reserved for the local, small town. My mother’s family comes from the Hannibal, MO area, home of prolific author Mark Twain and the Mark Twain Dinette‘s Frosty Mug Root Beer. As a lover of root beer, and having tried out about every kind I stumble across, I can proudly say that this Frosty Mug Root Beer is still a favorite. 🙂
However, I never actually visited the state of Iowa until I decided to join the University of Iowa’s student body. So recently, when my mother was visiting some local towns, I decided to tag along. As expected, I fell in love with the mid-west all over again.
“She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city” ~ Roman Payne
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