Tonight, Aug. 1, and Wednesday, Aug. 2, Iowa PBS presents its new documentary, covering 170 years of state fair history. You'll learn a lot, laugh, cry & feel new pride in our state.
Hope you didn't get soaked or blown away on the RAGBRAI leg from Tama to Coralville. Some nasty stuff went through. Despite a whole evening of meteorological weather gadgetry most of the local boots-on-the-ground TV coverage was fillmed during the day when the weather was nice and organizers were waiting for folks to arrive. We heard on social medial some folks were still straggling in after the grueling Des Moines-to-Tama leg the day before.
I did hear one local anchor drag out the tried and true "rain didn't dampen the spirits" line. geez.
I now live in South Arkansas. You brought back memories. I remember going to the state fair a few times as a kid. Most of my fair experiences came through PBS at 9:00pm and Morgan Halgren (sp). They did a recap of day’s highlights and some canned features.
I happened to see the Bay City Rollers. ( who?) and Pat Benatar on different years. Benatar was during a heavy thunderstorm.I’m not sure that concert would be allied now days. At 63 , the fair is all about memories. I’ll be watching tonight via steaming. Thanks for the heads up!
way to go Chuck! Nice piece.
Hope you didn't get soaked or blown away on the RAGBRAI leg from Tama to Coralville. Some nasty stuff went through. Despite a whole evening of meteorological weather gadgetry most of the local boots-on-the-ground TV coverage was fillmed during the day when the weather was nice and organizers were waiting for folks to arrive. We heard on social medial some folks were still straggling in after the grueling Des Moines-to-Tama leg the day before.
I did hear one local anchor drag out the tried and true "rain didn't dampen the spirits" line. geez.
Chuck,
Nice piece.
I now live in South Arkansas. You brought back memories. I remember going to the state fair a few times as a kid. Most of my fair experiences came through PBS at 9:00pm and Morgan Halgren (sp). They did a recap of day’s highlights and some canned features.
I happened to see the Bay City Rollers. ( who?) and Pat Benatar on different years. Benatar was during a heavy thunderstorm.I’m not sure that concert would be allied now days. At 63 , the fair is all about memories. I’ll be watching tonight via steaming. Thanks for the heads up!
Lon Tegels
Monticello AR