chris--check your email, if you haven't already. i left you no doubt way more than you need to know about ames and des moines. good luck. oh, it's supposed to rain saturday. but we had snow tuesday, so rain is ok. it's iowa--it's what we talk about.
Sounds like you won't fing enything in Ames. If you have a car and head straight east to Marshalltown, I'll be at the Moose Club playing Western swing and country on my D-10 Franklin. I'll guarantee a lick or two. Dale Thomas