Thanks Jim. Iowa is not flat, so higher fields are planted pretty well and
coming on. You're right about the flooding though. Very late spring in
the northern part of the Iowa valley and we're still draining it off.
We've got about 16 inches of water in our lower level right now, yard is
in the river -- the house is a Floating Paradise once again. We should be
able to clean it out over the weekend though. Nuisance.
Joel W.
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Hi Joel,
>
> Now that is a country road! Lots of greenery from all of the rain.
>
> Very nice image.
>
> Is anything planted in the fields in Iowa? We were wondering, with all of
> the rain you have had, at least as depicted by The Weather Channel.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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> Subject: [OM] IMG: from Deep Iowa
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>
> >I have revolutionized my bicycling by putting the widest cyclocross tires
> I
> > can on one of my old steel-frame bikes. Tricked out in this way I can
> > ride
> > to my heart's content on gravel roads, of which there are kajillions in
> > this part of the USA. I generally don't like to motorcycle on these
> roads
> > and only drive on them when I really need to. But they are great to bike
> > on with the proper tires and excellent for conditioning. It affords I
> > think the best scenery as well. Here's one from a 25-mile ride last
> > Saturday:
> >
> > http://myweb.uiowa.edu/jfwilcox/
> >
> > It's a whole new experience in cycling for me.
> >
> > Joel W.
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