What y'all know about Des Moines, Iowa?

Moldy

Moldy

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I just remembered if you go down to the Drake campus area you can have some fun. University Ave or something like that. There are some good bars and hangouts but I haven't been down there since 1968 (when the acid was good). lol
 
budlover13

budlover13

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Well, made it back in one piece. Des Moines was actually a pretty cool place. The vast majority of the people I met were super friendly and didn't even razz me much about being from Cali. They had plenty of questions, for sure. Like "Why would you live in Cali?", "Do y'all have any good fishing and hunting?", "Would you like some venison?", "Why haven't y'all lynched Leland Yee? ", "You mean to tell me that there are actually conservative leaning people in California? ", "Could ya bring some of that California weather when you come back?", "Why didn't you bring warmer clothes? Want to borrow a warmer jacket?".

Seriously, some very good, down to earth friendly people. Got invited to come back for hunting, fishing, BBQ and to attend the Iowa state fair. Like, 3 different people offered to put my wife and I up in their homes to make the visit more affordable. And by golly, I think I am going to take them up on their offer.

Frickin' cold out there.
 
Unclebaldrick

Unclebaldrick

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budlover13 said:
Well, made it back in one piece. Des Moines was actually a pretty cool place. The vast majority of the people I met were super friendly and didn't even razz me much about being from Cali. They had plenty of questions, for sure. Like "Why would you live in Cali?", "Do y'all have any good fishing and hunting?", "Would you like some venison?", "Why haven't y'all lynched Leland Yee? ", "You mean to tell me that there are actually conservative leaning people in California? ", "Could ya bring some of that California weather when you come back?", "Why didn't you bring warmer clothes? Want to borrow a warmer jacket?".

Seriously, some very good, down to earth friendly people. Got invited to come back for hunting, fishing, BBQ and to attend the Iowa state fair. Like, 3 different people offered to put my wife and I up in their homes to make the visit more affordable. And by golly, I think I am going to take them up on their offer.

Frickin' cold out there.
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Also:

"Let go of my purse", "hey, you can't pee here!", "what are you doing to my car". "for the love of god, no!", "somebody call 911"

They are good follks.
 
dux

dux

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Go back for the visit but if your after a state fair come here the end of August! We have an awesome state fair, giant! Plenty of cold beer and people watching..
 
OOBubblesOO

OOBubblesOO

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I spent the first 21 years of my life growing up in the NW corner of Iowa.

Now I live a little closer to Des Moines, Washington. ; )


Glad to see you enjoyed your visit.
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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dux said:
Des Moines,Iowa? You ever see the movie children of the corn ?
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Yeah, it sucked. I was a teenager and it was a lot more fun to smoke weed with my friends than it was to sit and watch that hot mess of a movie.
 
kelly4

kelly4

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dux said:
Go back for the visit but if your after a state fair come here the end of August! We have an awesome state fair, giant! Plenty of cold beer and people watching..
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The Minnesota state fair is the BEST place to get a beer and people watch.
 
Moldy

Moldy

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budlover13 said:
Well, made it back in one piece. Des Moines was actually a pretty cool place. The vast majority of the people I met were super friendly and didn't even razz me much about being from Cali. They had plenty of questions, for sure. Like "Why would you live in Cali?", "Do y'all have any good fishing and hunting?", "Would you like some venison?", "Why haven't y'all lynched Leland Yee? ", "You mean to tell me that there are actually conservative leaning people in California? ", "Could ya bring some of that California weather when you come back?", "Why didn't you bring warmer clothes? Want to borrow a warmer jacket?".

Seriously, some very good, down to earth friendly people. Got invited to come back for hunting, fishing, BBQ and to attend the Iowa state fair. Like, 3 different people offered to put my wife and I up in their homes to make the visit more affordable. And by golly, I think I am going to take them up on their offer.

Frickin' cold out there.
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Yeah but it ain't bad like right between May 15 and June 30. Other than that it gets really sticky and humid and buggy.
 
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