“Black Iowa Dirt” – William Elliott Whitmore
This is William Elliott Whitmore singing “Black Iowa Dirt” at the 80-35 music festival in Des Moines over the Fourth of July weekend. I recorded the audio separately and added some video from the festival to round out the four and a half minutes of video that I shot from this song. Here is a link to his site
Spring in Des Moines
Spring is here. It has been a wonderful two weeks in Des Moines. The weather has been warm and sunny. The days are getting longer with plenty of outdoor time to be had. I am learning the extensive bike trails around the city, a lot of these run along the riverbank. (A few stretches still have four inches of mud covering them from the flooding a couple of weeks ago making them nearly impassable.) The goal here is to be ready for RAGBRAI this summer. The Registers Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI), is a week long bike ride that tracks across the state of Iowa in daily stages from east west to east. This year the seven day trek will cover 442 miles. RAGBRAI is a great way to see Iowa and rural Americana.