My husband and I were recently on vacation to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary which was in April. \u00a0We spend most of our time in Las Vegas but took a side trip to Los Angeles to attend the opening of a friend’s one man show. \u00a0We met a lot of great people and had good conversations with folks in both states. \u00a0But we did notice one alarming trend- a distinct lack of idea where Iowa was. \u00a0One very nice guy asked my husband 3 times how close we live to Akron. \u00a0Another asked if we grew potatoes in our back yard. \u00a0I had somewhat better luck when I started my reply to “Where are you from?” by stating I grew up in Minnesota. \u00a0Go figure.<\/p>\n
I want to stress that none of those folks meant any disrespect. \u00a0 They were genuinely curious about life in the Midwest, even if they weren’t 100% sure where it was. \u00a0And that was was the most pleasantly surprising to me. \u00a0Instead of dismissing us as hayseeds, they asked TONS of questions about how the west coast was different than home. \u00a0 The weather was a weirdly popular question, as was number of people in our town. \u00a0I completely blew one woman’s mind when I told her my high school graduating class was 47 kids. \u00a0Another had never seen snow and couldn’t believe that we go out and drive around when there’s snow on the ground.<\/p>\n
As warm and friendly as everyone out west was, it was SO nice to come home to Iowa again. \u00a0I missed my cats. \u00a0I missed the ample parking. \u00a0I missed $2 a gallon gas. \u00a0I missed temperatures that stay in the double digits. \u00a0I missed being HOME, which truly is the best feeling of all.<\/p>\n
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