Friday - November 30

We exercised and were off to Iowa City to visit Drew.    We stopped at the Northpark Mall and I got a new dressy winter coat.    We settled in our hotel and then went to Burge Hall where Michael lived back in 1989-90.    So good to see "Drewby" and meet his friends.

Grant, Drew, Nick, Mason 

View of our hotel room from 11th floor

We took Drew to get his car and then to get an oil change.   He drove Big Red all around campus and Iowa City.     Picked up his car, took it back to parking spot and we went to Coralville Mall.   Wow....it is very large and all stores are totally occupied unlike so many malls around the country (especially Bloomington which is like a ghost town)!!!

Back to hotel and had a wonderful dinner at The Vue with awesome view of the downtown.

Drew and his special treat on the house

Chocolate cake with raspberry sauce 

Here we are leaving The Vue....not the best lightning!

We were last in Iowa City 25 years ago for Michael's graduation - December, 1993.    My, how it has changed with with major growth!