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kid a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:44 PM Original message |
Kudos to IOWA!!! If there were a mountain or beach there, I'd consider a move! |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Here in Dubuque, I got bluffs and a river... |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. And now, a brief travelogue... |
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Eryemil (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I like sweet corn and I can't deny... |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Hey, sometimes its beans! |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 09:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Bwah..haw..haw.. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. What??!?? No soybeans?!?! |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
40. Now come one. That isn't fair or accurate. |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. a few nice lakes |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. In the interest of fair play |
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kid a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Yep! |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. Oh, you are so sweet... |
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kid a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 09:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Thanks for that post! Great story!! How true! |
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gratefultobelib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Wow. Thank you for sharing this. What an amazing story. Maybe you and |
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Dems to Win (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. You talked to Obama??? Wow. I'm green with envy. |
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emmadoggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Northeast Iowa! |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. Hey! I posted about this area before reading your post. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
50. Effigy State Park and the Great River Museum, in northeastern Iowa. nt |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. The organization was what turned me to Obama as well |
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Condem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. We're the best kept secret in the US. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yes! Thank you, Iowa! |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
11. yes they did. |
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Snotcicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. My hats off to the CORN PATCH. nt |
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NEDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. The Des Moines River valley is beautiful |
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kid a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I"ll have to check it out on my next cross country drive. Sounds nice |
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NEDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. The area around Boone is amazing |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
52. Ledges State Park is my favorite hiking spot. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
17. Absolute Props to Iowa! |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
19. Just wait 20 years. Maybe there'll be an oceanside beach in IA |
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Omnibus (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 01:54 AM Response to Reply #19 |
38. Sorry, the beach will only extend to AR. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. The Loess Hills of Iowa. Maybe not mountains, but pretty darned impressive: (dial-up warning) |
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kid a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. nice pics! love the cows! |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Needs more evergreens, but otherwise a lot like foothills out here n/t |
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codjh9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. Hey, thanks! Yeah, to me there's some beautiful places in every state, no matter what far too |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
45. I used to work in southwestern Iowa, had to drive through the Loess Hills-- |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
21. Chew on this: Bush won in 2004 by 60% to 39%. |
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Dems to Win (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Yummy! n/t |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
22. I TOTALLY agree! Iowa dood it for the country, alright! nt |
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busybl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
23. I love Iowa |
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chiefofclarinet (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
25. Eastern Iowa is great! |
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gratefultobelib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
27. Snow, lots of snow--that's what I remember from living there for 2 years in the 70's! |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
29. Where the corn is as high as an elephant's eye! Oh, wait. That's Oklahoma. |
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kid a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 08:58 AM Response to Reply #29 |
41. We have a lot to work on in Oklahoma! |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:14 AM Response to Reply #29 |
43. Well that's just silly..it doesn't even rhyme! |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. I know, and I should have taken the time to make it rhyme! |
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swishyfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
35. I just don't "get" Iowa |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #35 |
49. The western 1/3 of the state is "banjo country" in Iowa. |
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Omnibus (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
37. You're welcome. |
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Inspired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
39. We may not have mountains or beaches.... |
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kid a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:10 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. All I remember of being in IOWA as a kid is bumpy interstates - OK, I'll revist!! =) |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
44. I love it here... |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
46. I have never been to the middle of the country but I so want to go now! |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
47. We have been laughing our heads off about the MSM's chagrin |
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