T'ain't no lie, neither. Mike and I drove over 2,000 miles in six days, circling the state of Iowa. Why? Because there's "nothing" there. Myspace's editor is adding a trillion blank lines to my blog, so scroll down for the photos...
Mike Kole closely watches for trains. Le Claire, Iowa. This restaurant had the best scallops I ever ate.
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Fuck the Army Corps of Engineers! Long live Floyd Dominy!
(Mike and I share a sense of humor about... never mind, you wouldn't understand it anyway).
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Me and the mighty Mississippi
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This was a scenic stop along the Great River Road
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With Mike Kole!
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"Ahhhh! It's the Jolly Green Giant! Run!" (photo by Mike)
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He has no genetalia. Perhaps he should have tried being omniverous. (photo by Mike)
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This was in a small town in Minnesota: a huge statue of the frozen vegetable icon.
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"I'm T. Boone Wainstead, and wind power is here in Iowa!"
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Here is the monument marking the intersection of the states of Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota. There's nothing but corn fields for miles around. We could hear a farm family outside talking about a half mile away because it was so quiet.
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Me and the Loess Hills, Iowa with my John Deere hat.
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Mike and the Loess Hills
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Mike likes photographing me washing the bugs off the windshield
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Robert Griffin, at some fancy beer joint in St. Louis. We drove from Omaha to St. Louis to see Prisonshake do a show for their new double CD.
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Doug Enkler fronting Prisonshake
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Robert/Prisonshake. At Bluebird in St. Louis.
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Bureau of Reclamation forever!
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Me and Carslyle Lake, Illinois. This was a minor stop on the way back: a man made lake behind Carslyle Dam.
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 | Currently listening:
Dirty Moons
By Prisonshake
Release date: 2008-08-26 |
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