Iowa

As we drove across Iowa it rained most of the morning. There were some interesting stops that could have been made, but combine the rain with our new traveling companion, a cold—hmmmm wonder where we got that?—we didn’t stop.
We arrived at our friends, Eric and Kim’s in the afternoon. We enjoyed their three little boys and got a glimpse into their lives for two days. For a little background, Kevin and Eric went to high school together. Their families try to get together every summer. Nephew Andy joined us for homemade pizza. He is 4 weeks into medical school and is enjoying the challenge and doesn’t understand the classmates that are already complaining. Andy, if you are reading this, I think often of your buffalo story.
Kim’s sister and uncle were also there and the three of them ran a triathlon on Sunday. Eric is madly working on a grant proposal so we didn’t see as much of him as he would have liked. Sunday afternoon, Kim and the boys and us went downtown Iowa City for a walking tour and dinner. We learned more about the flood they had two years ago that did a lot of damage to the campus.
Now it is on to Chicago and the Hoffmann relatives.