I had the gut feeling that there might be lapses in my blogging, but my goal is to get back in the swing of things with the start of high school football this week. How about a bit of a recap in things in the last month since my previous posting (I’ll try to go in chronological order)….
DixieFest (July 24-25)….
It was another great weekend at the Lakeside DixieFest in Clear Lake. There were a number of wonderful groups from the Midwest that entertained a full City Park next to the lake. If you’ve never been to the event, make sure you mark the last full weekend in July down on your calendar for next year.
State baseball (ended July 30-31)…
North-central Iowa saw a great showing at state baseball. It was tough to see Troy Rood’s Mason City High club finish the way they did in the semifinal round, just like Tony Adams’ Newman ballclub did the day before. Congrats to Charles City for making it into the final before their loss. Congrats to those clubs for making it into the state tournament.
MCHS Class of 1990 reunion (July 30-31)…
Fun was had by all (I think) at my 20 year class reunion. I worked with three other great classmates on putting together the event, and was able to see a number of people that I had not talked with from anywhere between 10 years to even more than 20 years ago, as we had some classmates that moved away and didn’t finish with us that came back to Mason City for the celebration. Surprisingly enough, I don’t think there was one person who mentioned the Obama/Hitler/Lenin billboard that was up in downtown Mason City earlier in the month.
Vacation (August 17-24)….
It was a mix of taking some “day-trips” and sleeping in (had to say it since everybody’s favorite question is “when do you sleep?”). A couple of the more interesting experiences included last Wednesday’s trip to Dubuque, stopping by the Lake Delhi area to see the devastation of the area from the dam break. I could try to describe it with words, but the best way is for you to see the photos of where the lake water used to be, mangled boat lifts and other destruction by showing you the photos at this link
This past weekend I also had quite an experience as well, sitting in “Champions Club” level seats at Target Field in Minneapolis for the Twins-Angels game on Saturday. Pricy tickets (thanks to my brother-in-law for flipping for them), but definitely one of those things that if you are a baseball fan that enjoys going out and enjoying a ballgame that you will want to consider in the future.
What’s next….
High school football season starts this week. Friday mornings throughout the season I’ll try to be blogging at least a little bit of a preview of the Clear Lake game to come that night.
