We have had a pretty fun couple of weeks. 4th of July was really interesting and fun and I will write more about that later, but last Saturday night Mark, Carson and I went to the Iowa Barnstomers game with Monica and John and their delightful offspring. If you don't know what a "barnstormer" is, here's what I found out:
Barnstorming was a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s in which stunt pilots would perform tricks with airplanes, often in groups as a flying circus. These aerialists — or "barnstormers" as they became known — performed almost any trick or feat with an airplane that people could imagine.
Sounds like fun -- the Iowa Barnstormers in 2008, however, is an arena football team. Arena football is not ordinary football; I think everyone has more fun. I loved the player who led the "hey" cheer before the kickoff after every touchdown with his knock-em-dead dance moves in the middle of the field. At halftime, the Barnstormer mascot rode around the field on a bike-propeller-airplane while people in the crowd threw yellow balls to get them into the basket on the bike with the chance to win a prize; in the end hundreds of little yellow balls were all over the field. It was entertaining to watch college-age guys in tricycle races. There were lame fireworks during the National Anthem, but I'm sure they tried. Oh, and there was football too. Lots of points were scored, I think the Barnstormers had more than 70 points and with that many points, they did win, although they have lost more times than they have won this season. There were nearly 10,000 people there. What fun.
Oh, but I do love Des Moines.
Speaking of football, I do not know what to think about my-all-time-favorite-NFL-team, the Green Bay Packers, and my-all-time-favorite NFL player, Brett Favre. Sounds like a lot of off-the-field games but basically I don't know what to think.
Sometimes ..... I. Just. Don't. Know.
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