Epic Status Photoblog

? New Years Eve? at The Park Ave Pub.

It’s not the fanciest place, but that keeps you from getting bumped and stepped on all night.? I highly recommend this bar for all claustrophobic persons, since people usually don’t flock to places with dirt floors.? Free champagne on New Years Eve at midnight is a nice surprise for a place this unkept and dirty.

? Heather, Richard, and Bonnie arrive.

 

? Add Cherish and Tiffany.

 

? Richard wins a trophy.

 

? Juan wins a trophy.? You can see the look of shock and? amazement on his face.

 

? I win two trophes in one night.? They came with free trophe? chicks for the night, nice perk.

 

Pee-Wee, Grizzly, and Richard.? Yes I said Grizzly, I don’t think anyone even knows his real name… I would not be surprised if his drivers license says Grizzly.

 

? Richard, Me, and Pee-Wee.? No beers in hand, strange.? How’d that happen?

 

? SilverStrike 2007 bowling game.? Most bars have this game, it’s fun… probably because I’m good at it.

 

? Portrait for Richard and Heather.

 

? Some of Bonnie’s friends.? ? Richard does his usual pose, looking inconspicuous and unstiff as can be.

 

? Tiffany struggles to put together the cheap two-piece plastic glasses.? I offer some assistance.? The top peice is connected to the… bottom peice.

 

? Tell me how you really feel Bon-Bon!

 

? Beautiful smiles, “happy happy joy joy” and such.

 

? The gal set? for the night.

 

? Happy New Year!

 

Bars, Des Moines, Holidays, Night, People

? Forth of July Fireworks at Urbandale, IA

 

 

 

 

 

 

We could be authentic and use real canon balls…

Holidays, Night

Time to make a? fireworks run at the? Missouri border.? Once you get across the border into MO on I-35 and a little further, you’ll come accross a town called Eagleville.? It seems that this town only exists to sell fireworks to people out of state.? Many of the shops were pretty friendly, there must be stiff competition.? When you purchase a good amount of fireworks, they throw a ton of freebies in your bag as you leave.? Some of them are ok, but many of these free? fireworks? are duds.? Either the fuse is too short, the explosive mixture not rich enough, it stops early, etc.?

 

Fireworks World

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? Fireworks Outlet

 

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? Fireworks by the case load

 

? Shelton Fireworks.? This is a new building, the old one burned down.? If I remember right the fire was started by a cigarrette butt.? Notice the huge “no smoking” canopy above the doorway.? This time they went with metal construction also.

 

? Quite a big place they have here.? It felt like the Wal-Mart of fireworks stores.

 

? The long and boring ride home.? It was a beautiful day, possibly a little hot to be in a mobile sun ray collector with poor air circulation.

 

? Sunny Delight

 

? Grassy hillside somewhere between Des Moines and the Missouri border.

 

? Very suddenly it gets cloudy and stormy looking.

 

? The fruit of our effort.? Endless hours of fun to be had.

Nature, Travel

The crew went camping at Jester Park, one of the many camp areas surrounding Saylorville Lake.? It was pretty hot, but a lot of fun.? We had to deal with bugs, heat, entertainment, cooking, and sun in the morning.? We felt like true survivalists, struggling to be self dependant and stay alive.? No, not exactly.? We all brought food from home, listened to? MP3’s and satellite radio,? fogged the area for bugs, and stayed connected with everyone else via cell phones.? But still it was an adventure.

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Cooking dinner.

 

? Heather, Cherish, and Bonnie.

 

Pee-Wee, Richard, Steve, Josh, Me, and Adam.

 

Heather and Cherish?

 

The campfire layout.?

 

? Reflections.

 

Hung-over and tired, we wake up when the sun comes up.? Not because we’re morning people, but because tents have minimum ability to block sunlight and the resulting heat.? The green shelter with the screens helped keep bugs away while we ate.? The flys and mosquitos are real thick out there, and they are much more pesky than in the city.? Bugs are usually more active at sunrise and sunset.

 

? Going to the beach at Saylorville Lake near Jester Park.

 

A beautiful day to be at the lake.

 

? Pee-Wee is a leech tamer by trade.

 

You can’t cool off the outdoors, but you can kill? all living, biting? insects within? 100 ft with a bug fogger.

 

Photo shoot in the smoke trail of the fogger.

 

Playing various net games.

 

? Yaeger Bomb time.

 

Jayme forgot her shorts in the tent.

Attractions, Nature, Parties, People, Travel