Baseball, Family, and Another Central Iowa Transition (4/12/25 – 4/14/25)

This past weekend in Iowa finally felt like spring, so on Saturday Bob and I met up with Bob’s sister and brother-in-law and our nephew and his wife to take in a baseball game between the University of Iowa Hawkeyes and the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers. It was the second of a 3 game weekend series, with Iowa coming out on top on Friday, 1-0.

Bob and I had about a 45-50 minute walk to the stadium. The game started with the ceremonial first pitch being thrown by Ben McCollum, the newly hired head coach for the Iowa basketball team and an alumnus of the very small St Mary’s Catholic School in Storm Lake, Iowa, from which Bob and his siblings graduated. The game was packed, and Iowa was once again victorious, 11-6.

Late morning on Sunday, Bob and I left the adorable Sam and Maddy to head to Grimes (Des Moines suburb) to spend 2 nights with Cheryl and Jody, Bob’s sister and brother-in-law, before heading to our final central Iowa sit for the spring. We have been notified that I will not have jury duty after all, but Bob has 2 more medical procedures before we head out.

After arriving in Grimes and watching some of The Masters coverage, Cheryl and Jody took us to the small Dosaage Winery very close to their house. It was a love country setting with a great outdoor seating area and with some yummy still and bubbly wines.

When we got back to the house, we watched the dramatic end to the Masters, with Rory McIroy trying very hard at the end not to win, but then winning in a 1 hole playoff with Justin Rose to capture a career Grand Slam.