Sunday, Sunday, Sunday

Still in Des Moines, Keith and Rick woke up early to ride over to watch the Hy-Vee triathlon. The boys and I planned to drive over there a little later. But by the time we got up and was on our way over, Keith called and said the first group was done and the next wasn't until 1:30. So the boys and I went to Burger King and ate breakfast inside. We all had cini-minis and Kaden and I split the hash browns. I've never ate them, figured they would be yucky. But they were good! Tastes like french fries pretty much. Man, I'm gonna have to get me some of those for breakfast from now on! Along with the double hamburgers (for lunch) I discovered a couple months ago! Darn you fast food showing me new things, just when I thought I was sick of it all! Evil!!

Oh, look what we found...

We made a stop on the way home at the Coralville Dam. There is one tiny little spot you can park and check out the spillway. It was amazing!! If it was causing so much flooding and devastation, it would have been beautiful and peaceful! It'll be interesting to see what happens to the Fossil Gorge that was uncovered due to the floods of 1993, but is now washed away. Will we find new fossils, or will it be all gone? Who knows, that the big question. We loved visiting the fossil place, so I hope it is better than ever! It'll be a while before the water stops flowing over and it dries up enough to see. In the picture, if you look to the left you can see a little blue sign. That marks what the water level got to in 1993. The level it got to last week was HIGHER than that! It reached 717.02! The water has dropped a lot since, but it's still high! I don't recall what the current feet is.

Gorgeous day outside today, spent most of it after we got home outside. Keith and I relaxing and Salem and Kaden playing ball with the neighbor kid. Or riding their bikes. Didn't wear them out as much today, it took them a while to fall asleep. Kaden's got a big mess in the morning, he decided to through all his stuffed animals out of his bed. Atleast if he falls off, he'll have a cushiony stop.