I'm not actually on that end of town. We're meeting up right off the interstate so it's about a 20 minute drive for me to get there. As far as hotels, look up the Bavarian Inn on NE 14th St in Des Moines and that's probably your best bet for a hotel that is cheap and about 10 minutes from the meeting place plus about 1/2 mile north of I80
Rick
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