Yesterday, Bob and I arrived in Iowa City (about 2 hours east of Des Moines) for a two week housesit. Iowa City is home to the University of Iowa Hawkeyes, the alma mater for two of our nephews.
We are sitting for two cute and playful cats. Meet Sam and Maddy.
so that they can hangout on it without wandering off.
We spent most of our time at the house yesterday getting settled in, but this morning we headed off to the nearby Hickory Hill Park that had been recommended to us by one of Bob’s high school friends who lives here. Hickory Hill Park is a large natural area consisting of 190 acres of forest, fields, reconstructed prairie, and parkland centered on Ralston Creek.
and marks the location of a home built in 1849 by Capt. Frederick Irish,
who helped found the territorial capital of Iowa.
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