(Thursday, August 30)
This is one of the shortest and least interesting legs of my journey. It's a quick stop in the Warehouse district to pick up Rick & change cars, and then we're on our way to Ames, IA for the first Cyclone Football game of the Gene Chizik era! It is my first drive back into the cities since the California calamity, so I'm a little tense but relax a bit after i start driving.
Minneapolis to Ames
(Thursday, August 30)
Rick starts the trip out on a rather inauspicious note, getting a parking ticket after f
ailing to feed the meeter during the 5 minutes it took us to pull his car out of the garage, and put mine in its place. Parking ticket aside, we're off on the road with high hopes for the coming game. Hopes that would be dashed by a rather unspectacular performance from the boys in Cardinal and Gold -- losing to lowly Kent State. The pregame warm up includes a trip to the famously famous barbecue joint, Hickory Park, and a stop at Dogtown to pick up some fancy new ISU duds. Ames to Cedar Rapids
(Thursday, August 30)
With the game lost there's nothing to do but drive to our short trip's waypoint: Cedar Rapids, IA. Rick's hometown. Second worst smelling city in Iowa, right behind Sioux City. The drive is 2 plus hours and tedious as we're both dead tired from cheering our beloved Cyclones to another loss. Rick manages to get us there without hitting any wild animals. Using our better judgment, for once we bypass the liquor cabinet and hit the sheets. We've got more driving to do tomorrow, and I'm fighting off a head cold. It just wont due. There's too much fun ahead of us for me to get sick now.
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