Iowa Bound

I have quickly realized that I am going to have to do a couple or few posts that are Iowa based, so bear with me. It was an awesome, crazy, and eventful week and a half in Iowa.

The crazy part of the trip all started with my flight out of Cody. While I love the convenience of flying out of Cody, I am definitely not a fan of United Airlines (sorry !!). Out of all 6 flights I’ve had from Cody in United, 4 have been missed or delayed.

Anyway, my flight from Cody to Denver was delayed by over an hour and a half. There went my layover 🙂 So, I missed my connecting flight from Denver to Cedar Rapids.

The next flight to Cedar Rapids wasn’t for hours, so I flew to Des Moines instead. A lot of delays and mishaps later, and I finally got to see my family. Check out the in flight pic I snapped below on our way out of Cody!

We had some pretty crazy turbulence on our way to Denver this trip. We drove through some pretty sweet clouds that I also snapped a picture of. I love taking photos when I’m flying, because it never ceases to amaze me how different everything looks from above.

I also think that flying through the clouds is such a surreal experience, so I always take a picture or two. On that note, enjoy the cloud shot below 🙂

My grandma and parents picked me up from the airport, so that was pretty awesome. Then, we went home. I mostly just hung out the rest of the night with my parents and childhood dog, Truman. I will definitely post a pic of Truman later.

On Day 2 in Iowa, my little brother and I went exploring around our house. Our farmland was all put into a federal CRP program to help the wildlife and butterfly population grow. There were fields of Black-Eyed Susans and Sunflowers (pictured below). The first photo is the field of Black-Eyed Susans, and the second photo is one of the Sunflowers doing its job 🙂

I have always loved Sunflowers, so when my dad told me that they were planting some this summer, I was ecstatic. Luckily I got to go back to Iowa when I did, because they were on their way out for the season. Even as they were starting to wilt, the sunflowers were beautiful.

My parents live right on the Shell Rock River (not that I expect any of you to know what that is). It is so peaceful out on our land. Once you leave, you truly realize how beautiful it can be where you are from. However, I do NOT miss the humidity. Yes, the humidity helps grow awesome stuff like sunflowers and corn, but yuck is all I can say on that front.

Also, the sunsets are so much better in the country. As much as I love Billings, you don’t quite always get to enjoy the sunset here. Carson and I stayed out until sunset just about every night, which was pretty awesome. While I never want to move back to Iowa, I did enjoy and love my time there.

Due to the fact that my trip to Iowa was a fairly long one, I don’t want to cram all of it into one single post. In the next one (or two) posts, I will cover the wedding, bow shooting, river fishing, and much more!

I hope this post about going to Iowa again didn’t bore anybody out of their minds! If it did, you may just want to skip the next one or two posts from me 🙂

The next Iowa post should be up within the next 5-7 days. Cash (my little dog) and I are going to be out doing some hiking, so I should have another fun post soon!

As always, Happy Hiking!