Scenes from the seventeen hour (round trip) drive. Top picture is of Buffett and Munger (they are the two dots in the spotlight bottom left). The next three are in Mount Vernon, Iowa (population 3390) and the following at University of Iowa.
I was driving on a small county highway and stumbled upon Mt. Vernon, they were having their "Chalk the Walk 2009" event. I had a long way to go, but I stopped for about five minutes. It was a great small town event. In the middle of the closed off street there were two girls about 8 and 10 playing the cello and violin to the tune of "What a wonderful world" and everywhere around were artist making beautiful chalk drawings on the street. It was neat.
On the way there, I stopped at the U. of Iowa for the first time and ate a sandwich called the conglomeration at Micky's Irish Pub (the bar is originally from 1870). Notice the safe and secure door handle in the bathroom. While on the Ped Mall walking back to my car, I was lucky enough to receive a copy of the latest issue of The Militant (really cheery socialist newsweekly). In fact, I think this may have been the first time I have been in the state of Iowa.
One last new thing this week, I ate Kangaroo for the first time (please don't tell my vegan friends).
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