Author Archives: Jeff

Mar 18

Lower Midwest Trip Day 11

Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at 10:44 AM by Jeff

Peru, Illinois, Oct. 6 — If I had to get a day when I spent half the time in pouring rain, this was it. The Ohio Turnpike was under construction, and the rain kept falling with one brief respite at … Continue reading →

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Mar 17

Photo number 25,000

Posted on Monday, March 17, 2014, at 10:21 AM by Jeff

Dyer, Indiana, Oct. 6, 2013 After adding my fall 2013 vacation pictures to iPhoto, and culling the bad, duplicate, and out of focus ones, this photo earned the designation as the 25,000th in my collection. It’s a good encapsulation of … Continue reading →

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Mar 16

WOOOOOO-EE

Posted on Sunday, March 16, 2014, at 1:35 AM by Jeff

Cyclones are Big 12 Tournament champions! Cheers coach, that one was for you. pic.twitter.com/Kyfo5RNmPw — Fred Hoiberg (@ISUMayor32) March 16, 2014

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Mar 14

Michigan football in the Big House

Posted on Friday, March 14, 2014, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Oct. 5 — It’s a cloudy, dreary day in the Midwest, raining early but then warm enough to keep the coat off. In other words, it’s midseason Big Ten football weather. After some early roadgeeking, I was … Continue reading →

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Mar 13

Lower Midwest Trip Day 10, the roadgeek part

Posted on Thursday, March 13, 2014, at 11:00 AM by Jeff

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Oct. 5 — It’s a good day when you can travel the entire length of a US highway before noon. US 223 is only 48 miles long. It is signed north-south (as a branch of US 23) … Continue reading →

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Mar 12

Lower Midwest Trip Day 9

Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, at 11:00 AM by Jeff

Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 4 — I drove in downtown Detroit, and around Detroit, and survived, clinching the entire portion of I-94 east of the Missouri River* along the way. Route: I-280, I-75, M-39, I-94, I-75, I-375, (loop Woodward to Michigan-Cass … Continue reading →

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Mar 11

Lower Midwest Trip Day 8

Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, at 10:31 AM by Jeff

Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 3 — Although my start and end points were relatively close to each other, I stretched this day out to its maximum and squeezed in a museum visit along the way. Route: I-271, I-71, US 224, US … Continue reading →

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Mar 10

Corwith-Wesley pursuing dissolution

Posted on Monday, March 10, 2014, at 11:49 AM by Jeff

In my piece last year about school districts in north-central Iowa (linked at right, and here), I mentioned the Corwith-Wesley and LuVerne school districts, which have been together for years but are technically still independent, were going to enter grade-sharing … Continue reading →

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Mar 09

2014 RAGBRAI route released

Posted on Sunday, March 9, 2014, at 3:02 PM by Jeff

Video on the Register’s website and details on RAGBRAI’s website. The Okoboji area is an overnight stop, but the route map only shows A34 through Milford. Details closer to the ride day will determine how Spirit Lake, currently the largest non-metro city … Continue reading →

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Mar 09

Oxymoron of the week

Posted on Sunday, March 9, 2014, at 10:48 AM by Jeff

“Clive Town Center.“

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