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26. I'm Jake Brend, joined by Ben Hutchins of the Quad City Times

and Rob Gray of Cyclone Fanatic in the Cedar Rapids Gazette, fresh back from his trip from

Hawaii. How we doing, gentlemen? Good. Aloha. Wonderful. How is your trip, Rob?

Unbelievable.

Amazing.

Yeah.

Got back.

At least it wasn't on the day of the snow and freezing rain.

We got back on the day that it creeped into the 30s.

So dodged even that.

Hey, that's how you do it. That's how you do it with a winter vacation then i hear you had an 80 degree christmas down in oklahoma as well

i did it was not expected we did break some state records down there on the 25th but i sat out

in my driveway with a camping chair

and just enjoy the sun. I pretended I was at the beach, Rob. I closed my eyes and I heard the

waves and I felt the sand. I was doing my best. Excellent. Well, glad you all had a great Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, all that good stuff.

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