Four seasons, blue skies, green grass, Jack Trice on a crisp fall day. Didn't think I'd ever say it, but Busch Lite. Also the plethora of great disc golf courses.
What do you miss/appreciate about Iowa?
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I like winter too for a similar reason. It just helps create a cycle of 4 distinct seasons that serve a purpose.
The Sioux (some of the original Iowans) called winter "the time of cleansing". It kills things off and allows for a full rebirth in the spring. That whole process feels good to me.
On the last day of February this year was the first time I heard a sandhill as they started back, and that feeling of what's coming is something you can only experience after spending time in the grey and cold.
And really, a cold clear January day after a big snowstorm can be rejuvenating too.
April's weather sucked though, not gonna lie, haha.
It's funny, when I lived in Iowa/Chicago for the first 35 years of my life I hated the winters...but now I realize part of it was I just wasn't prepared. I'd walk to high school or classes at ISU in sneakers in freezing cold or wet slush and end up with wet frozen feet...I'd stand on an L platform in Chicago in clothes i thought looked cool for work but really weren't appropriate for being out in 9 degree cold, wind cutting right through me to dangerous levels. It wasn't my parents fault either, my mom would've had me dressed like Ice Planet Hoth if she was in charge.
Then when I moved west I got into high altitude backpacking and it made me figure out how to actually dress for freezing temps (maybe Iowa kids who went hunting in winter learned that without living in the mountain wilderness). Now I know I can dress to actually be comfortable in the 25-40 degree range and get by in the 0-25 range. I'm warmer now when I come back to visit than when I lived there. Wish I could go back in time and tell myself to wear waterproof warm boots and a wool base layer shirt/pants and wool socks from Jan-March. It's not like most of my jobs or walking to class at ISU would've prohibited that, really it was only date night or formal occasions I needed to be cold because of clothing choice.
Surprised no one has chimed in with drinking on gravel roads, LOL.
(can of worms, opened)
(can of worms, opened)
Everything you said but walking beans. You are f—-ing nuts.
Seeing the corn pop out of the soil in early May.
Seeing a soybean field move like an ocean on a windy day in August.
Seeing lifelong neighbors combining their fields on the same day you are.
That bitter cold February day when the wind is sifting snow across the roads and you are inside with a cup of coffee and playing 500 with good friends.
Seeing a soybean field move like an ocean on a windy day in August.
Seeing lifelong neighbors combining their fields on the same day you are.
That bitter cold February day when the wind is sifting snow across the roads and you are inside with a cup of coffee and playing 500 with good friends.
I'd probably lose a few pounds in that scenario opposed to having 13 fast food joints within 1 mile of my house in Waukee.
"COPS!"
Ah, there's something special about a drunken sprint/stumble through cornfields at night that makes one feel alive.
I miss the lushness of Iowa. Along with the variety of trees and colors of fall.
Out here people rave about the aspen trees changing, but it's nothing compared to Iowa in the fall.
Out here people rave about the aspen trees changing, but it's nothing compared to Iowa in the fall.
At some point there needs to be a group of 30/40 somethings that get into this kind of scenario just to see what the police do.
Wife and I just counting days down when I start retirement and we move from "city life". Suburban Omaha is really nothing but like you said slower rural life looks better than being surrounded by houses and busy highways and streets.
