Saturday, October 25, 2025

I slept 8.27 hours, checked in to 6 places, took 214 photos, and walked 7.94 miles. I was in Des Moines and Lee Township, Iowa.

8:25 am

Woke up after sleeping 8.27 hours

9:24 am

Checked in at Casey's, Des Moines, Iowa

9:49 am

Checked in at Brooks' Dead End Ranch, Des Moines, Iowa

4:08 pm

Checked in at The Teachout Building, Des Moines, Iowa

4:12 pm

Fixin that hair

4:12 pm

Hangin in this corner

4:13 pm

Kari and Me

4:15 pm

Shit talkin lady

4:16 pm

Goofin

4:16 pm

Hey

4:17 pm

Sup

4:22 pm

New earrings to match my bracelet

4:22 pm

Matchin

4:22 pm

Hey, we're tryin to smooch here

4:22 pm

Havin a nice time

4:28 pm

Lookin at it

4:29 pm

Lookin at her

4:29 pm

We are in love

4:29 pm

Oh you

4:29 pm

twentieth-anniversary - 16

4:30 pm

Wanna go to the bar?

4:34 pm

To Locust Tap

4:34 pm

Locust Tap Time

4:37 pm

Waitin for a drink

4:38 pm

A quick one at Locust Tap

4:39 pm

At the Tap

4:40 pm

Slurpin

4:40 pm

Ready to host a party?

4:41 pm

Talkin Shit at the Tap

4:41 pm

Havin a gay ol time

4:44 pm

Checked in at The Locust Tap, Des Moines, Iowa

4:49 pm

Friends!

4:55 pm

Look at this girl

5:11 pm

Party Time

5:18 pm

twentieth-anniversary - 30

5:20 pm

Focaccia with romesco, piparra pepper and a marinated maitake

5:21 pm

Supper Friends

5:30 pm

Tempura fried chicken nugs with caviar and special sauce. This thing was incredible.

5:33 pm

Ruth's Ranch Crackers are a must have

5:41 pm

Party People

5:41 pm

Kari and Olivia

5:43 pm

No gifts! (but thank you)

5:45 pm

Folks fillin in

5:45 pm

Happy Hour

5:47 pm

Thanking the crowd

5:47 pm

Haven't talked in front of this many people in a while

5:48 pm

Telling the story of how Mitch hooked us up to Chris

5:49 pm

Someone shouted that we should high five... knowing that Kari hates high fives

5:49 pm

Saying thank you

5:50 pm

Killing Kari

5:51 pm

Big time speaker

5:57 pm

Clyde's is Closed

5:59 pm

Makin the rounds

6:04 pm

Vick and Mathew!

6:05 pm

Mom and Rod

6:05 pm

Dumb stuffs

6:05 pm

Dummies

6:07 pm

Cousins

6:07 pm

Hangin with Cousins

6:11 pm

Hangin with Ben, Kelly and friends

6:11 pm

Selfies with Chuck

6:13 pm

Hey Sandie

6:17 pm

Minglin

6:18 pm

Beer

6:24 pm

Shit talkin

6:24 pm

Peace

6:24 pm

Hangin with Maroons

6:26 pm

Sliders

6:27 pm

A full bar

6:28 pm

Clyde's

6:29 pm

Hangin with Nick and Nicole

6:30 pm

Jeff and Teresa!

6:30 pm

Maurizio and Sandie

6:34 pm

Nathan and Christina

6:38 pm

Checked in at Clyde's Fine Diner, Des Moines, Iowa

6:42 pm

Kirps and Sandie

6:42 pm

Ancient scripts

6:43 pm

Of course he killed the only bottle of Malört that they had

6:44 pm

Kirps and Mason

6:46 pm

Kari and Vicki

6:47 pm

Clyde's Fine Sliders

6:48 pm

Cousins!

6:48 pm

Puttin Butt 2 Butt

6:48 pm

Southsiders

6:52 pm

Brain Buster!

6:54 pm

Modelo Negra

6:55 pm

Yusuf, Drea and Jamie

6:56 pm

Cornell friends

6:56 pm

Tara and Mark!

6:57 pm

Amanda and Ben

6:57 pm

Takin care of business

7:01 pm

What the

7:01 pm

Do we have to kick these people out?

7:01 pm

What is going on right now?

7:01 pm

T-Rex crashers

7:02 pm

ELIZABETH!?

7:02 pm

Crashin cousins

7:02 pm

Some girl buds

7:02 pm

Dinosaur Dance Party

7:02 pm

Thetas

7:03 pm

We still have dinosaurs at our party

7:03 pm

Dinos

7:03 pm

Some fav thetas

7:04 pm

Takin off their costumes

7:04 pm

Jon is stuck

7:05 pm

Hangin with Christina and Nathan

7:06 pm

Trent and Sandie

7:07 pm

Maurizio and Trent

7:07 pm

Oh hey

7:07 pm

Jill, Rico, and Chuck

7:08 pm

Fancy Ladies

7:08 pm

Photo bombing

7:08 pm

Mitchell, no

7:09 pm

Oh, Mitchell

7:09 pm

Nice man

7:09 pm

Mitchell Todd

7:11 pm

Tiny Arms, Big Heart

7:13 pm

Jeff begins the monologue

7:19 pm

Feelin the speech

7:19 pm

Judson was our ASL Interpreter

7:19 pm

Listenin to Jeff's speech

7:28 pm

How many pages is this thing?

7:29 pm

We're just about done

7:30 pm

Wrapping up the entire history of our relationship

7:30 pm

A toast

7:30 pm

Proud father

7:30 pm

Cheers

7:31 pm

With Kari's folks

7:31 pm

Reynolds fam

7:32 pm

Michael puttin in work

7:32 pm

Rico!

7:32 pm

Kari and Teresa

7:33 pm

Hangin with Rico and Jill

7:34 pm

Hangin with Trent and Maurizio

7:34 pm

Hugs

7:35 pm

Melodee and her friend

7:37 pm

Wide open spaces

7:38 pm

Circle Song

7:38 pm

Cornell Traditions

7:38 pm

Chicks singalong

7:38 pm

The Chicks

7:39 pm

Thetas

7:40 pm

Nicole and the Thetas

7:41 pm

Some good dudes

7:41 pm

Erin and Evan

7:42 pm

Powers Crew!

7:43 pm

Dealin somethin

7:43 pm

O'briens, Thome, and Jules

7:45 pm

Jud, Shannon, and Shannon's sister

7:49 pm

Emily and Jim

7:49 pm

Emily, Jim, and Olivia

7:52 pm

Family hangs

7:53 pm

Bullshittin

7:54 pm

Listenin to Kari talk shit

7:59 pm

Whole place to ourselves

8:02 pm

Mitch and Jessica

8:02 pm

Happy couple

8:03 pm

Ethan!

8:04 pm

Peace, Trent

8:06 pm

Hangin with our fav chef

8:06 pm

Big date night at Clyde's

8:08 pm

Back to the Party

8:08 pm

Windy out here

8:08 pm

Party people

8:08 pm

Look at this dress

8:08 pm

Katie and Judson!

8:08 pm

Matt, Katie, and Judson

8:09 pm

Leave cameras around, get weird pictures

8:11 pm

Probably doing some important research

8:13 pm

Michael and Katier

8:14 pm

Family chattin

8:14 pm

Glad these guys got to catch up

8:14 pm

Musicians and Business owners chattin

8:15 pm

Diego said that our playlist had them grooving back in the kitchen

8:15 pm

Tedi

8:16 pm

More Sliders

8:17 pm

Hangin with Cullen

8:21 pm

Foie french toast bites with smoked apple butter and maple syrup gel

8:21 pm

Extreme close up!

8:25 pm

Party People

8:27 pm

I think Kari has a hobby of blowing Trent's mind

8:28 pm

Talkin bout Italy

8:33 pm

Shiny heels

8:36 pm

Sneaker time

8:36 pm

Cousins

8:36 pm

Cousins

8:37 pm

Lookin out over the party

8:40 pm

Jeff gettin all kinds of good pics

8:41 pm

Enjoy

8:43 pm

Listenin to stories from Teresa

8:44 pm

Reynolds family shit talkin

8:45 pm

Mason and the Kirpalanis

8:46 pm

Terronez fam!

8:51 pm

The bar

8:51 pm

Bar flies

8:51 pm

Getting mixed signals here

8:52 pm

Clyde's Kitchen Crew

8:52 pm

Catchin up

8:52 pm

Jeff and Thome

8:54 pm

Holdin on

8:55 pm

Talkin big shit

8:55 pm

Laughin ladies

8:57 pm

Partyin

8:59 pm

Supper friends

9:35 pm

Shit talkin
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9:37 pm

Late night tavern style pizza and almond tart

9:54 pm

Pretty sure Kari is getting schooled here, lol

10:02 pm

Emily and Jim

10:02 pm

Smoochin

10:03 pm

Team Les

10:30 pm

That was a good party

11:02 pm

hello

11:03 pm

Sexy boy

11:16 pm

Slammin man

11:27 pm

Tia havin a great time with my camera

11:28 pm

This girl...

11:37 pm

Checked in at Contrary, Des Moines, Iowa

11:42 pm

Maurizio and Kari

11:42 pm

Trent, Maurizio, and Kari

11:45 pm

CDISIAC

11:45 pm

CDISIAC
October 25, 2025