Bob and I are continuing a recent theme of returning to prior housesits. This Iowa City one was unexpected, but we jumped on the opportunity to return to care for Sam and Maddy when we saw the posting in Trusted Housesitters a few weeks ago. Their people are in Tennessee on a birthday trip.
We arrived about noon last Sunday and will depart about the same time this Sunday. Happily for us, our nephew and his wife are in Iowa City for a while, so we caught up with them Sunday afternoon at The Airliner, a local institution known for its pizza.
Even though we’re still longing for more spring-like temps, we are hoping to get some walking in while we’re in Iowa City. Today, we drove about 15 minutes west to the neighboring town of Coralville to walk on the Clear Creek Trail starting at the Tom Harkin Trailhead. Tom Harkin served as a Democratic US Senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015.
of the University of Iowa’s Ashton Cross Country Course
“You are here” indicator
From the trailhead we walked for about 30 minutes to the one end of the 4.3 mile trail near West High School. We then walked back to the trailhead and walked about 30 minutes in the other direction.
towards the Coral Ridge Mall, which we saw part of.
was a mountain bike trail that had lots of small wooden bridges. There is one on the far side of this pond.
that we stayed in on a prior one night stay in Iowa City
when we were on our way to Wisconsin for Christmas.
Peckish Travels 