The City of Five Seasons.

Okay, okay--so I didn't really stay in Cedar Rapids on my trip through Iowa. But Krystal and I did drive through it, and we discovered that the city calls itself "The City of Five Seasons."
You might ask, "What could possibly the fifth season?"
You would be 100 percent correct in wondering if these Iowans have added to their calendar in a vain attempt to make people notice them, or if they just can't count, like the politicians in Indiana who once sought to set the value of pi at 3.2.

Don't believe me? Paste this address:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_341.html

Well, worry no further, for I have uncovered the answer to the mysterious fifth season.
It is, according to the city's website, "a time to enjoy."

One might easily wonder what people in Cedar Rapids have to enjoy, and why it is so important to lengthen the calendar to make sure people enjoy it.

Of course, one could also wonder how such a wonderfully inane city motto got past the planning board.

I have much more to write about our travels to the great land to the south, but I have to head to bed, as tomorrow is the first day of my new teaching career! Woot!

Thanks for being patient, all 3 of my faithful readers (thanks Mom!).

More will follow.