If someone had told me you could travel from Ames, IA to Iowa City, IA in 30 minutes (about a 2.5 hour car ride), I would have said they were crazy, or in possession of a private plane. Luckily for Amy and me, my boss from Virginia flew his private plane to Ames yesterday for a business visit (after spending a few days in Chicago), and today he took us for a quick jump through the skies over highway 30 and I-80 east to see the big Cy-Hawk game in Iowa City. With a nice tailwind at our backs, the trip was over in 30 minutes. I have a new appreciation for personal aviation.
No matter the outome of the game, I figured the plane ride would be the highlight of the day. As it turned out, the plane ride was really, definitely, certainly, easily, the highlight of the day. Iowa State's football team was outmatched and made too many big mistakes to have a chance against 9th-ranked Iowa, losing 35-7 in a game that was never close after halfway through the first quarter. ISU could take some small victories away, though. Special teams looked pretty good on punts and kick returns, and we at least got the monkey off our backs, ending the streak of quarters in which Iowa State had not scored a touchdown against Iowa at 17! With ISU's final drive of the game they finally punched one in, and I yelled in celebration as loud as I had about anything. Small victories! Kinnick stadium had a fun gameday atmosphere with a packed house, just wish we had had a little more to cheer about today.
We are glad my boss had a chance to visit and experience some real Iowa hospitality. We do it right in this part of the country.
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