Geez, all of a sudden it is Fall..What's the deal,, the calendar ALMOST says October, and instantly the temperature drops....Can't it wait until late November or something..IF you have not driven past the HUGE new Commercial/Theater/Office/Condo building going UP (6 stories!) at the corner of 5th street and 12th avenue, you should do so. LOTS of guys working, 2 big cranes, tons of trucks, bricklayers, cement pumps....., wait, there is MORE construction on 1st avenue!! Man, what a mess, BUT it is progress. If you have a street in front of your house or business, then you and other suffered thru the mess of construction.. This 1st Ave Project will be nice when done.. until then,,, what a mess...Since I am at the IOWA football games on gameday I have no idea on the traffic challenges on 1st avenue, but to be honest, I have not heard a word..When I was a kid in Coralville, we just walked to the games. MANY times I met up with Ronnie Kron, Steve Seemuth, Danny Lenoch and others, and we just walked to Kinnick Stadium. In the 50s it was just Iowa Stadium... We sometimes sold pop at the games.. I bought a Diet Coke at the Ball State game and I THINK it was $4 or $4.50.. When I sold pop it was .15......!! The change in our nail aprons was sticky, and messy... Oh well, we made anywhere from $5-6-7-$8 or more on a game..
NICE days ahead to get out and drive around Coralville if you have time.. NO, take time, this is a great town and make sure you stop and get a pop or something and enjoy it...The Coralville Drive Inn Theater opened 58 years ago....................................

Is it FALL?

Can't be! It was JUST the 4th of July! The Coralville Parade was great, and we had fireworks! NOW Labor Day is gone too!! Man......Sure seems like the days, weeks, months, and yes, years go by quickly....Faster pace, faster traffic, MORE information, NOW, NOW, NOW,, get used to it or get out of the way I guess.
Have you ever seen a construction/war zone like 1st avenue in Coralvillle? Now THAT is a construction zone.. IF you take your eyes off the road or make a tiny move in the steering wheel, you are over the edge! BE careful.. Cement trucks going into and out of the Hawkeye Cement plant, the normal/regular 1st ave traffic, ...I met an incoming ambulance the other day. I was north bound and 'he' was southbound..He was running 'hot' so I drove into the parking lot (what's left of it) of the brickyard.. Say, did you know the brickyard is moving to Iowa City? Yep, the City of Coralville bought the brickyard...Hmm, great place for a hotel, fast food, ..etc, but I think the land will be part of the big master plan to build a river edge park, community area etc. Should be neat!
I was out of town for the longest period in my life since 1974. I spent 2 weeks at the Boy Scout Jamboree in Virginia in late July and early August. 40,000 Scouts!! I worked on Staff and had a great time. 2 weeks of sleeping in an Army tent, on an Army cot, and in heat of the da anywhere from 102, 105 and up to 108 degrees..and to think I VOLUNTEERED and PAID to get this opportunity!!!.....................brain lapse..I had FUN!!

More soon!