Hills, slopes and then some-

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submitter: Iowa now has hills

Yup.

Until you get west of I-380, then it becomes East Nebraska.

John who?

Wil_Mahfingahdo
The guy in the Die Hard movies.

LograyX: The guy in the Die Hard movies.

That can't possibly be the first time that joke has been told, but damn that's funny.

There are some fairly hilly areas along the border with Wisconsin/Mississippi IIRC.

Iowa does, however, suck- and suck hard.

Mississippi river, that is.

tallguywithglasseson: There are some fairly hilly areas along the border with Wisconsin/Mississippi IIRC.

Driftless Area ftw.

Number41: tallguywithglasseson: There are some fairly hilly areas along the border with Wisconsin/Mississippi IIRC.

Driftless Area ftw.

Then you get past that area- it ends at about the Dells- and out where I am we have something called 'drumlins', which is the technical term for 'we're flat but want to give the impression that we actually have rolling hills so people aren't bored out of their skulls'.

subby has clearly never been on RAGBRAI

Bladel: submitter: Iowa now has hills

Yup.

Until you get west of I-380, then it becomes East Nebraska.

Definitely True. And the best XC teams come from Eastern Iowa

/former Dubuquer

Idiots
Out
Walking
Around

/been there
//done that

Iowa's always had hills. It's between the two largest rivers in North America. Something's there to keep them apart.

Sta-Hi: Iowa's always had hills. It's between the two largest rivers in North America. Something's there to keep them apart.

Yes. You don't ever want to cross the streams. That would be bad.

/Ghostbusters, FTW

In the "Marwan" season of "24", they referred to a convoy being attacked in the "mountains" of Iowa.
Lolz.

thoughtwired: subby has clearly never been on RAGBRAI

this.

/went on RAGBRAI a couple of times about 20 years ago
//yes there are PLENTY of hills in iowa

Manic_Repressive: Idiots
Out
Walking
Around

/been there
//done that

Do you write your own material?
Sadly, you're not from IL, so I can't drop my favorite response:

Ignorant
Loud
Losers
In
Need
Of
Iowa
Schooling

and yes, Iowa has TONS of hills on the east half. RAGBRAI in '05 had some absolutely killer hills the last two days. 50+ miles of rollers. I hit 45+ on the final descent into Guttenburg, too.

Iowa City is very hilly.

Prude_Hawkeye: Do you write your own material?

No, I used to have to go to Ames a few times a year to bail out the plant my company had there. I thought that one just wrote itself.

Now this RAGBRAI sounds interesting. I'm going to have to look into it, it may actually be a good reason to go back there.
That, and the good steaks out there. Best steaks in the country.

/mmm, steak
//the dog wants some too

You know what else Iowa doesn't have? More than a smattering of non-caucasians. That there is a land of white people and churches. So many churches it makes you wonder just how much sinning it takes to need so many Jesus houses that you can't throw a rock without hitting one. I'm trying to think of a whiter state they could start the primaries in. Denmark maybe?

Bathia_Mapes: Council Bluffs, Iowa would like to have a word with you Mr McCain

More specifically, my driveway in Council Bluffs, Iowa would like to have a word with Mr. McCain.