Words by Bruce J. Bales With summer just around the corner, Iowa rollerbladers have been busy, and after a month long break the Iowa Connection is back. I thank everyone for their patience and understanding during the short break, and I assure you all that the site has a lot of great stuff planned for [...]

Words and edit by Bruce J. Bales In one week a group of Iowans will again hit the road for the annual road trip. For this week, I decided to finally post the full length version of “Should Have Been There.” Although I am not completely satisfied with the final version, I knew it would [...]

Chris Watts. Disaster backslide to fakie. Davenport. (Click to enlarge) Words and photos by Bruce J. Bales Every year around this time I take a few hours and clean up my hard drives. If I’m lucky I catch a large group of photographs I forgot about or just never got around to using. This year, [...]

Words by Bruce J. Bales For a moment, it was like spring was here. Who knows what the next few days will hold, but you have to get while the getting is good. That’s exactly what the mentality has been in Iowa lately. If the weather is good, the shredding is good. Luckily, a few [...]