love is blindness, i don't want to see

I am still in ye olde Iowa, although there is a good chance that tonight is my last night here. [censored] and I had an overall delightful day in the northwest part of the state - he took me to a few of his favorite places around here. Of course, while northwest Iowa is relatively more prosperous than our part of the state, the towns are still small enough that you have to drive quite awhile between places to get to other places. But the tour was great - we went to a meat locker and bought some sausage (not a euphemism), then went to a cafe in Algona and ate some v. tasty sandwiches. Then, [censored] took me to a distillery, where we spent quite awhile talking to the owner - their bourbon is v. tasty, so it was fun to see their space.

After that, we drove through Okoboji, although there wasn't much to see and we decided we weren't willing to risk any crowds there. So we came back to [censored]'s apartment, saw his office, walked around downtown, and eventually went out for dinner. The first place we tried looked great, but it was twenty miles south of [censored]'s town and when we got there we found that they were closed for the weekend. So we came back and went to a restaurant with an outdoor deck - it felt safe from a social distancing standpoint, but our waitress and our food were pretty socially distanced from us as well, so it took forever to get served (and our entrees were lukewarm when they showed up). Worse, [censored]'s 'brisket' was more like chunks of unsalted roast beef in broth, which made no fucking sense. Ugh.

But we got to see a lot of classic cars driving by while we sat on the deck, and [censored] managed to keep from getting smacked in the face by the patio umbrella, so I guess it was partially successful. Then we came home and watched a bunch of tv and talked, and now I need to think about going to sleep so that we can hang out tomorrow. I may head west, depending on how things go....Colorado awaits, but we'll see when I get there. Goodnight!