Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Iowa is an acronym. People around here joke that Iowa stands for

I diots
O ut
W alking
A round

This is one of the more truthful statements I've heard about the state. But, really, people just kind of walk around and look for stuff. Bait for fishing, arrowheads, fossils, wild asparagus, wild mushrooms, wild game...its pretty impressive. Iowa has a treasure hunting culture...so, I fit in in that respect.

While I was an idiot out walking around I stumbled upon a piece of Native American pottery. I reached down to pick it up and saw a bunch of pottery chips scattered by my toes...they were probably all from the same pot. I grid walked the area and found well over 30 pieces of broken pottery in a 10 foot area.

Yup, that was my day. Not too shabby.

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6 comments:

  1. Tracy MillsAugust 24, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    That's awesome. Sounds like an enjoyable simple way of living life. :)

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  2. flux biota.August 24, 2011 at 11:07 AM

    good exercise with the added benefit of accidentally finding something cool.

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  3. TomAugust 24, 2011 at 1:55 PM

    so ya gonna build a pot?

    my wife's family comes from a long line of Iowa farmers. They are out-standing in their field

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  4. flux biota.August 25, 2011 at 4:31 AM

    i'd rather build myself a sod house so I won't have to pay rent anymore.

    Tell you're wife's family to back inside. standing in a field gets cold after awhile ;)

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  5. ptwnbrwnAugust 29, 2011 at 4:26 AM

    oh, jane. such wit.

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  6. flux biota.August 29, 2011 at 5:16 AM

    (big ol' smile) I took out a lot of student loans to get that wit.

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