Line dancin

When I was driving back to work after lunch I was listening to a local country station that happened to be playing the song Boot Scootin' Boogie, which started me thinking about my high school days in Iowa, about the time that song came out when for fun we would actually go to country dance halls and try to line dance. The purpose of this was two-fold. One was that it seemed like a harmless activity to the parents. Secondly, it got us into establishments where drinking was going on. I only actually remember going twice to Swisher, Iowa to do this. We didn't wear country clothes or anything, nor really know any dances per se, other than the "Boot Scoot" (that's insider lingo for BSB), which we learned from Ms. Kadlec in gym class. I only learned to two-step when I got to Texas. My main goal was intoxication on these excursions. We definitely met some "older guys" who bought us beers/Zimas one time and I think we imbibed them in the parking lot.

This started me thinking also about Joslyn Morse. We haven't heard anything about her since the whole StrayRod scandal in June. I hope she is okay whereever she is. How did she go from line-dancing to pole-dancing, I wonder?

Anyway, some other things we did for fun in Iowa were:

-teepeeing people's houses

-hanging out at Dennys and smoking cigarettes

-trying to get served at local Mexican restaurants including ChiChis and Papa Juans, and at other places like Kurts.

-go to parties no matter which high school was hosting. i remember going to some keg parties in fields and six packs consumed on "the bridge" in Marion. the best were the infamous Jamaica parties at the Seilers house, when we partied in honor of their dad on vacation in Jamaica.

-go to football and basketball games (for me this was extra exciting as a Royal cheerleader)

-go to Iowa City, much cooler than CR with 19 bars.

Good times, good times! What effort you needed to put into having fun as a high schooler in Iowa!

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