This is a blog to appreciate a great Midwest State: IOWA!! So come in, take off your shoes (of course), and take a look around. Discover something new about Iowa - or contribute something new to the blog! Ask/Submit/Email (TumblrIsAverage [at] gmail.com]Tumblr (3.0; @averageiowan)http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c132d6b088536d1d0e95496a99ef0192/tumblr_mn7wmavMK31qb8ello1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://menandtheirdogs.tumblr.com/post/51093282864/joseph-hogan-right-of-indianola-iowa-rescues-a">menandtheirdogs</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Joseph Hogan, right, of Indianola, Iowa, rescues a dog with a fellow Air Force member from Tinker Air Force Basein the early morning hours on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Oklahoma.</p> </blockquote> <p>Iowans, far and wide.</p>http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/51094906974http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/51094906974Wed, 22 May 2013 16:12:56 -0500nolanslifeisaverage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d70c244c057e4be196a9d498f8dd5ae2/tumblr_mn2q3df6311qbpwpko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nolanslifeisaverage.tumblr.com/post/50871968501/just-another-spring-in-iowa-storm-weather">nolanslifeisaverage</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Just another spring in #Iowa. #storm #weather</p> </blockquote>http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/51002677705http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/51002677705Tue, 21 May 2013 13:21:43 -0500nolanslifeisaverage<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/11712bee63554a0d9f1ab878b377dde7/tumblr_mmabyw9Syr1qdv4buo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fuckyeahiowacity.tumblr.com/post/49861390188/17-by-scarykarrey-on-flickr">fuckyeahiowacity</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarykarrey/4933111942/" title="17">17</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarykarrey/">scarykarrey</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote> <p>Back when this was a thing…</p>http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/49866981607http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/49866981607Tue, 07 May 2013 13:14:40 -0500nolanslifeisaverage<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/50aca5884ed876cf0fff9e2b21b88b5d/tumblr_mmapu4TMmX1qm6hw1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fathergem.tumblr.com/post/49629440964/iowa-fresh-snow-on-fresh-green-grass">fathergem</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Iowa. Fresh snow on fresh green grass.</p> </blockquote>http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/49629528895http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/49629528895Sat, 04 May 2013 17:45:46 -0500nolanslifeisaverage<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e69ecd01d44cf1a778361a0bbcfb99de/tumblr_mm535igNcz1rrytrqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nolanslifeisaverage.tumblr.com/post/49403740310/ryanbeckenbaugh-the-weather-in-iowa-is-gay">nolanslifeisaverage</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ryanbeckenbaugh.tumblr.com/post/49387065077/the-weather-in-iowa-is-gay">ryanbeckenbaugh</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The weather in Iowa is gay.</p> </blockquote> <p>A+</p> </blockquote>http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/49410076782http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/49410076782Wed, 01 May 2013 21:41:19 -0500nolanslifeisaverage<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d4457a94441c305ef72285c519f6c253/tumblr_mhv472CeIL1qiw1vso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://spijkerschrift.tumblr.com/post/44081554459/corbetts-mill-bridge-spanning-maquoketa-river-at">spijkerschrift</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Corbett’s Mill Bridge, Spanning Maquoketa River at abandoned county road, 3 miles northeast of Scotch Grove, Scotch Grove, Jones County, Iowa</p> </blockquote>http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/44638076924http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/44638076924Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:00:54 -0600nolanslifeisaverage<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a2d36e4c1bdd21433700c32e0ab50399/tumblr_miuizqP99e1s45dsso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://heyfiki.tumblr.com/post/44084106260/dsc-4653-by-landiza-on-flickr">heyfiki</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinoy_sa_iowa/619425820/" title="DSC_4653">DSC_4653</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinoy_sa_iowa/">landiza</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote>http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/44566684687http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/44566684687Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:01:00 -0600nolanslifeisaverage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d18863d9a5f92e0c2b4247783db3edf2/tumblr_miv6y158AT1qe35tao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/44550455057http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/44550455057Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:00:38 -0600nolanslifeisaverage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7422b039d122836da32220987d5487ea/tumblr_miw54yNk5U1qe7wnho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/44488731971http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/44488731971Sun, 03 Mar 2013 16:00:52 -0600nolanslifeisaverage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e2e2d2618f7cd44ca91e94fc9d19a8ca/tumblr_miwa67mpmF1rk8n7ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://echo018.tumblr.com/post/44157453534/the-uss-iowa-testing-its-main-guns">echo018</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The USS Iowa testing it’s main guns</p> </blockquote> <p>Iowa related… :D</p>http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/44468657810http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/44468657810Sun, 03 Mar 2013 12:01:15 -0600nolanslifeisaverage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dfa16455593efe810e4b1a8b963360c2/tumblr_mix0sjnaOO1qls87mo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dffe483167ee6d05e66f8444725069d4/tumblr_mix0sjnaOO1qls87mo2_400.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1226808e3eba712ae3bbcb30a0ccef76/tumblr_mix0sjnaOO1qls87mo3_400.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bdd5c2bb1034c71fda40a20f50dd56bf/tumblr_mix0sjnaOO1qls87mo4_400.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/505438f3c0a305fd91b2ead16b3d72a0/tumblr_mix0sjnaOO1qls87mo5_400.png"/><br/> <br/>http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/44401187463http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/44401187463Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:00:53 -0600nolanslifeisaverage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e8038d10fa5be7f78fc463e3c519e453/tumblr_miy6a7LCjt1rwb4lqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://stuckiniowa.tumblr.com/post/44236376005/we-have-cool-public-art-ames-iowa">stuckiniowa</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>We have cool public art. #ames #iowa</p> </blockquote>http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/44383452747http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/44383452747Sat, 02 Mar 2013 12:00:46 -0600nolanslifeisaverage<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/611235e792a8131e5a18041ed832f476/tumblr_miy3s6g2sD1qa6999o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wr3n.tumblr.com/post/44232862838/fans-of-okoboji-i-recently-added-another-okoboji">wr3n</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Fans of Okoboji</strong></p> <p>I recently added another Okoboji plate to my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/waitingline/sets/72157594426683228">vanity plate photoset</a> and did a search to see just how many I’d come across. None from MN yet though. I s’pose we have our own lakes. Those poor Nebraskans aren’t so lucky. When I was a kid in Omaha, a lot of my classmates’ families vacationed in Okoboji.</p> </blockquote>http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/44318557148http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/44318557148Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:00:53 -0600nolanslifeisaverage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/86bc5de321d495b36bf65660464847d1/tumblr_miy32ic2CE1qa6999o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wr3n.tumblr.com/post/44231966881/the-pub-milford-ia-04-2008">wr3n</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>The Pub</strong>, Milford, IA, 04/2008</p> </blockquote>http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/44303642294http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/44303642294Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:00:45 -0600nolanslifeisaverage<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/58e94022a2ca913d3fd35f56c0cc0564/tumblr_miuw14oyjo1r4rpqao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://college-campuses.tumblr.com/post/44235367761/iowa-state-university">college-campuses</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Iowa State University.</p> </blockquote>http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/44243144759http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/44243144759Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:00:45 -0600nolanslifeisaverage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1d65a7d830488631d88ab7e0f0839eaa/tumblr_miuok2ktZw1s5ougho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wlenzenjr.tumblr.com/post/44093805736/sunset-over-the-heartland-c-will-lenzen-jr-2012">wlenzenjr</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Sunset over the heartland.</p> <p><span>© Will Lenzen Jr 2012</span></p> </blockquote>http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/44237981869http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/44237981869Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:52:37 -0600nolanslifeisaverage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a58be59190a3c548cbd96fd2ba29d191/tumblr_mgjf8m1wka1qls87mo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0d3f246bbc3019d546faba8d01d79c9d/tumblr_mgjf8m1wka1qls87mo2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9c07e95dc3d379419fee4bae1513fda9/tumblr_mgjf8m1wka1qls87mo3_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/94137705e3e5af9355e966ab09244f2f/tumblr_mgjf8m1wka1qls87mo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8675619d16cc69f8b2ac8d66bbd519d4/tumblr_mgjf8m1wka1qls87mo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d8bad459f5435998cb57defcf0f950c6/tumblr_mgjf8m1wka1qls87mo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5344170eaf804b289bf4fcd1d58cdf1c/tumblr_mgjf8m1wka1qls87mo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/53826bf72cf60880c6e45998313bd035/tumblr_mgjf8m1wka1qls87mo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fullmontesquieu.tumblr.com/post/40379192012/a-guide-to-iowa">fullmontesquieu</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A guide to Iowa.</p> </blockquote> <p>Dying.</p>http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/40474038221http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/40474038221Sun, 13 Jan 2013 18:22:40 -0600nolanslifeisaverage<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d79989be654d8e0288e4e5fada661987/tumblr_mf9asv5N7q1rl3h46o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/11c85ed4b7740128831ad5ae0b0267d1/tumblr_mf9asv5N7q1rl3h46o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3035b65327c5f9ad36acb41115ed67cd/tumblr_mf9asv5N7q1rl3h46o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/337453caab960ac2438dac2da7c8c199/tumblr_mf9asv5N7q1rl3h46o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d6c551129ecc41d01c2696b8ae954773/tumblr_mf9asv5N7q1rl3h46o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://chernobyl.tumblr.com/post/39792523518/calmeluxeetvolupte-des-moines-in-motion-home">chernobyl</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://calmeluxeetvolupte.tumblr.com/post/38273495178/des-moines-in-motion">calmeluxeetvolupte</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Des Moines in motion</p> </blockquote> <p>home!</p> </blockquote>http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/39793481504http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/39793481504Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:36:05 -0600Des MoinesIowaCapitalCentral Iowanolanslifeisaverage<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/00b8a485cbd5c20c2687d7dd8a15c34e/tumblr_mg5wufdLUn1qa1z00o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://anatomicallycorrect.net/post/39754144706/this-is-camile-avion-patton-she-is-16-55">youcouldfuckingkissme</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>This is Camile Avion Patton.</p> <p>She is 16, 5’5”, weighs ~100lbs, and has been missing since December 20th.</p> <p>She could be in Marshalltown, Des Moines, or Davenport areas.</p> <p>Any information PLEASE call in to the Marshalltown Police Department (641) 754 5725</p> <p>She was my student last year.</p> <p>She is a wonderful human being and I’m very concerned for her wellbeing.</p> </blockquote> <p>Signal boost, y’all.</p>http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/39754223096http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/39754223096Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:07:27 -0600camilemissingmissing personsignal boostkidnappingpotentiallyi'm not saying it's a kidnappingit's justthat it's likelycamile pattoncamile avion pattonnolanslifeisaverage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2nd6cwrz01qadxg2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pr1ncess-butts.tumblr.com/post/39691278392/pr1ncess-butts-i-remember-this-day-so-vividly">pr1ncess-butts</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pr1ncess-butts.tumblr.com/post/611978276/i-remember-this-day-so-vividly-3iowa">pr1ncess-butts</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I remember this day so vividly. <3Iowa.</p> </blockquote> <p>The day gay marriage was legalized in Iowa. </p> </blockquote>http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/39753054166http://averageiowan.tumblr.com/post/39753054166Sat, 05 Jan 2013 10:49:57 -0600nolanslifeisaverage