BinaryBedlam: East Iowa

          After looking at all the places I've visited for my work it may be hard to believe but I not only thuroughly enjoyed my visit to Iowa, I actually really liked it. The cities have lots of people but it's not over bearing, you can still get around easily. Like rural New England, there are still lots of little locally owned stores and restaurants everywhere, and I'm always a big fan of small business, I mean if you're going to give your money away, do you really want to give it to people who are already rich?

     Any way, while I was there I visted Cedar Rapids to visit my college friend, Kevin. He's been out there since graduation all by his lonesome. So we had some drinks then he gave me a tour of the area. I also visited Riverside, the Future Birthplace of Captain Kirk. Acording to Star Trek, Jim Kirk is from Iowa, so Riverside is basically a tiny town that capitalizes off it's claims of being his home.

     My actual work site was in Cedar Falls at the University of Northern Iowa. It's another medium sized town along the Cedar River. It too has a nice little downtown spot for plenty of places to go in the evenings.

East Iowa Airport
Pic 1 Eastern Iowa Airport	Pic 2 Shuttle Craft	Pic 3 Downtown Riverside	Pic 4 Future Birthplace of Captain Kirk

Riverside, IA
Pic 5 James T. Kirk's House	Pic 6 Future Birthplace of Kirk	Pic 7 Cedar Rapids	Pic 8 Cedar River	Pic 9 Rockwell Collins
Pic 10 Granite City	Pic 11 Cedar Rapids City Hall	Pic 12	Pic 13	Pic 14

Cedar Rapids, IA
Pic 15 Downtown Cedar Rapids	Pic 16	Pic 17 5 Season Monument	Pic 18 Rural Iowa