catching up

Nearly two months since I've sat down and added anything to this. Soccer season, the son's graduation from college, the end of the school year along with graduation are the primary culprits. The season ended with a 13-3 record and a loss in the substate game to the team which went on to win the championship. Graduation went well. I did foil a prank which was both sort of fun, but also frustrating since it made extra work for me. Plus I had warned some of the soccer players to not do anything stupid but the yahoo's chose to ignore that advice.

Yesterday I rode the train from Chicago to Mt. Pleasant. Though we were about an hour late I found it to be a rather pleasant way to travel. The seats were comfortable, there was plenty of leg room, and with the gentle rocking of the train it was easy to fall asleep. There is some talk of opening a line from Chicago to Des Moines with a stop in Iowa City. Rather than to continue to add lanes to Interstate 80, it would seem to make sense to improve the rail line so people could travel with out their cars. With gas prices on the rise again it makes even more sense.

If anybody from afar misses Wellman I discovered you can go to Google Maps, type in Wellman, Iowa, then if you click on "street scene" you can "drive through town" on highway 22. You can also take a look at houses along the way meaning you can see portions of our back yard. When I did this I realized how depressing Wellman probably looks to people who are driving through for the first time.