erin, my dear, may i ask a favor of you? between conquest of the universe and doing finals, could you email me the "river route" that you take on your way from columbia to iowa city, and then from iowa city to chicago? my friend's parents are visiting from the ukraine, and she would like to show them what little there is of the midwestern united states :) my email is jld036@truman.edu. i can forward it on to her from there. thank you!!