a few thoughts

Here are some of my random first impressions of Des Moines:

• I guess it is because I grew up in St. Louis but it is weird how few small cities and municipalities make up the dsm metro area, I am used to driving through at least 7 anytime I want to go somewhere.
• The radio stations here sure do love their bob marley and "kokomo" by the beach boys, I had not heard the former on the radio in quite some time and now I hear him daily. As for kokomo I have a hunch that the waterpark in town, named kokomo cove, pays the radio stations to play it at least once each hour.
• Des Moines kind of reminds me of living in Columbia MO because you can take one wrong turn and find yourself in the middle of nothing, ie a corn field, in under a mile.

All in all I have enjoyed my first two weeks working in Des Moines and I am looking forward to the state fair which is this week and seems to be the biggest event of the year for most Iowans I have met, I cannot wait to people watch. Hopefully I will be able to get some good pics of the events and have them posted for all you (probably not many people) to see.

-tim