January 4th - A _ _ _ _ _, Iowa

The first stop on our journey:

* Starts with an A
* Is located in central Iowa
* Was incorporated in 1903

More teaser information and pictures to come!

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January 4th - Ankeny, Iowa

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Well hopefully better late than never, here is the report and photos from our trip to Ankeny!

Unfortunately both time and the weather were against us, but we both had a great time driving around town for a couple of hours in the afternoon taking pictures. We ended up with 13 usable shots from about 150 taken, and these have now been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. In turn, 5 have been added to the Ankeny article on Wikipedia. Below are a couple of my favourites.





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Our Photo Illustrating the News!

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Through a random fate of chance, my wife discovered that one of our pictures from these trips has been used by the World News Network to illustrate one of the stories they linked to!

The specific picture in question was of a lion statue in Pleasantville, and accompanied a story from The Times about two lions in the Gaza zoo.



This was a surprise to us as we had not thought about these photos being featured anywhere except Wikipedia, but now I'm a little excited to see where else they are featured!

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World News Network - Zoo's pride as lions that dodged missiles prepare for parenthood
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July 12th - Wheatland, Iowa

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The third stop on our trip along U.S. Route 30 was Wheatland, Iowa! Another smaller city (800 inhabitants as of 2000), it was certainly not quiet the evening we arrived, including an ice cream parlor off downtown that was particularly popular.

Wheatland is also home to an old city hotel which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Unfortunately it currently appears to be in a state of disrepair, but certainly made for some interesting photos!

5 shots were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, with one added to the updated article on Wikipedia (one other photograph was already present). Here are a couple of my favorites:





And here are a couple of the more artistic shots taken of the Wheatland City Hotel





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Wheatland, Iowa pictures on Wikimedia Commons
Updated Wheatland, Iowa article on Wikipedia
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