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I walked down an unmarked trail at Ashton and found a small campsite, complete with fire ring. I'm not sure if it's meant to be used, but it would be a nice place to camp.

Cross country flight to Ames, Greenfield, and back to Ankeny.

KIKV KALO KFOD KIKV

Flew to Ames for some touch and goes.

Places we'll visit near Dubuque, IA.

Doing touch and goes at IKV

We went Geocaching the other day and located one cache. The car was destroyed shortly after.

Repeaters in and around Iowa.

Updated as I get new ones!

A few longwave beacons I was able to receive tonight.

The cabin built by Richard Proenneke. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Proenneke

The backpacking unit of Stephens State Forest. I drew the trails in Google Earth, so they may not be totally accurate.

The results of my 10 mile hike at Backbone State Park. I started at 10:30am and finished at about 2:00pm. I hiked the entire park, except for part of the East Lake Trail, since I veered off on the ...

A very nice 440 acre park. Its main feature is a large natural prairie preserve. It also has a man-made lake that supposedly has good largemouth fishing. There are about 7 miles of trails that win...

My favorite places to eat!

A small county park near Baxter, IA.

Springbrook is one of the nicest parks in Iowa.