Top 10 dropped today.


One of my favorite places in my neck of the woods (Dan's in Cresco) made the cut. It's legitimately one of the best burgers I've ever had. They sold like 21,000 burger baskets in the first year they were open. If you're heading up to the Driftless Area to canoe or bike this summer, it's definitely worth the stop.

What are some of the best hikes/hiking destinations and views that you have experienced in your life that you feel others should partake in?? I love mountains and those type of views and my wife loves beaches and relaxation. I've always been a fan of hiking, so just curious of what fellow CF people have done.

The top ones I've experienced in no particular order:

1) Trolltunga - Norway. This is about a 17 mile hike and is somewhat intense. You end it with a nice view of the Norwegian Fjords by being able to stand on a protruding rock. It's a pretty sweet view and easily the best hike I've ever done.

2) Delicate Arch - Utah. I enjoyed this hike because I did it following sunset and ended up being up there by myself after a few left around midnight. This was a difficult hike though once it became dark. The way back was much easier than the way up. But I was able to peacefully enjoy shooting the milky way.

3) Flat Irons - Boulder Colorado - We weren't able to complete the entire trek due to snow coming down heavily, but it was a pretty cool hike nonetheless.

4) Arthurs Seat - Edinburgh, Scotland. I enjoyed this reasonably easy hike that produced nice panoramic views of the city below. I would recommend this if anyone ever makes it over the pond.

5)Pipiwai Trail - Maui, Hawaii - This was pretty cool being able to see the older banyan tree along with walking through bamboo on the way to a nice waterfall.

Some places that would be cool to see - Patagonia, Glacier National Park, Banff, AB., Machu Picchu.

Monday Musings on Tuesday

- Tyrese Haliburton has the Pacers up 2-1 in the conference final
- Dominykas Pleta gets another year
- SEC meets and Sankey throws a shot
- Alex Palou, Sports on Prime & more here

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2025/05/...-1-pleta-given-4-years-palou-pounces-on-indy/

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I've been to Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, and Scotland, but not to Iceland. What's needed for the latter in terms of adapters and voltage converters?

RECRUITING: Iowa State has earned a commitment from the top in-state linebacker in the 2025 class in @WillHawthorne10

SI had a great article w/ Jaylin today. https://www.si.com/nfl/jaylin-noel-texans-rookie-iowa-state-purdy

Hello. I have a lot of music backed up on Google Drive. I have yet to find an easy method of listening to those files using a Chromebook. Anyone have any suggestions on how to listen to these files directly from Drive? Is their an "app" or something that will act like a traditional media player on a computer for this purpose?

Driver: Ping G400 or Titleist TS3 both set to 9.5 degrees
PXG 0311 3H driving iron
3 wood - Cleveland Launcher - 15 degree
Hybrid 4 - Callaway Apex - 21 degree

Irons - TM M6 - 5-PW - steel shaft (also have the “A” gapper but don’t normally carry it)
Wedges - Vokey’s SM5 & SM6 - 54 & 58 & 60
Putter - Ping Anser 1 - Traxion Pistol Grip
Balls - TM TP5 (just switched from Pro V1’s last season)

Chris Williams and Brent Blum react to Greg Sankey’s comments about the future of college football before diving into the latest in Big 12 transfer portal news and a few mailbag questions. Presented by Mechdyne.

They are all wrong though because my dogs are the cutest. They are also the smartest, most loving and most awesome too!

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This thread is a thoughtful read, but it presents a much better understanding of Memorial Day than the all-caps "Happy Memorial Day" tweet posted earlier.

This is all I could get with cf poll limitations.

Ross, Forrest, Bassett, Fellers, Hinson, Jeter, Honnold, etc. Discuss

Voting is open for the Elite Eight of the Cyclone Fanatic Cartoon Tournament


How to vote (this will apply to all rounds):
To select the favorite (the show seeded highest), choose the Heart emoji.
To select the underdog, choose the Rainbow emoji.
No other emojis will be counted.

Deadline to vote: Now through Sunday at 10 PM

Jamie will be dealing with a new university president less than a year from now.

Not shocked at this. Big Ten could have quite a few openings after this year. Possible or likely:

Indiana
Minnesota
Iowa

What are ten shows that more or less define your tastes that may also reveal your sense of humor or your interests.

In no order:

Arrested Development
VEEP
Happy Valley
Seinfeld
Succession
Six Feet Under
Parks and Rec
Planet Earth/Our Planet
Game of Thrones
Schitts Creek

Using the “10 shows” thread started by @dahliaclone as inspiration, build an album of 10-15ish songs with some kind of theme. I’ll start with these I like to listen to when I want to wind down. There are likely a million songs that would be as good or better for this purpose, but my “Sleep” album:

1. Champagne - 311
2. This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) - The Talking Heads
3. Riders on the Storm - The Doors
4. Santeria - Sublime
5. Althea - Greatful Dead
6. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
7. Dirty Work - Steely Dan
8. Ripple - Greatful Dead
9. Officer - Slightly Stoopid
10. Fearless - Pink Floyd
11. Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
12. Planet Caravan - Black Sabbath
13. West LA Fadeaway - Greatful Dead
14. The End - The Doors

If Hali can get the Cers to the NBA Finals, a Cyclone will have LED his team to both a Super Bowl and an NBA title game over the span of three years.

Seriously. Read that again.

Y'all, we are in our golden years.

So why bring this up? Seems like a pretty obvious piece of trivia...

Because, new fans, there was a time when recruits LITERALLY didn't know who we were. I remember reading the athletic department rebrand document that led to our current I STATE logo (reserve that discussion for another thread) and the primary motivation for the change was that recruits DID NOT KNOW WHO WE WERE.

If you're a doomsayer in these forums, I have one, genuine piece of advice: stop and enjoy the ride. When I was a kid, we were nothing. We weren't even a joke because that would mean that people had even freaking heard of us at all.

Do yourself a favor and enjoy the ride. Good programs dream of runs like this, and we built this era on character and grit. There is literally no hyperbole for our success story, and if you refuse to see that, you're going to regret it for a long, long time.

Seacrest out.

We've got a large crew here this weekend. Started it off grilling burgers and brats last night. Going to smoke some ribs today with potato casserole, baked beans and slaw. Tomorrow with the weather being crappy going to do pasta, italian sausage cavatelli, and chicken alfredo with garlic bread. Everyone will leave mid-day Monday, so it may be leftovers if we have them, otherwise I'll grill some steaks and baked potatoes.
What's your plan for the weekend?