We drove about 30 minutes from the Hotel Pattee in Perry to a house sit in a suburb of Des Moines, Iowa, called Urbandale. This will be one of our shorter sits at just three nights. After which, we’ll stay with my (Bob’s) sister in Grimes, also a suburb of Des Moines.
The house we’re sitting in seems to be in a fairly newer development. We’re caring for three dogs, two are pretty tiny, Olive, a Maltese, and Lyla, a Chihuahua, and Ralph, a pretty good sized Golden Doodle.



