Yet another captial - Iowa (Beth)

Iowa State Capital - Scaffolding around dome and crane are due
to repair work.

Weds., July 19 - Des Moines, Iowa and the state capital was our beginning this morning. This is probably the most impressive captial building (inside and out) that we've seen in our capital tours.

Library inside Iowa State Capital.

Then it was another  long drive to Jefferson City.  It was quite the pleasure to have Nick join us on the Portland to Banff section of our trip.  AND he was definately necessary for the long drives between Banff and Jefferston City.  The plan is to stay here for a few days to visit with relatives before making the solo drive back to Albuquerque.

This is my last planned post for this summer.  I'm sure Ted will continue to post or send me updates to post as he continues his journey down the Divide.