This weekend we were able to witness an experience we have been waiting for since we moved to NW Iowa. . . RAGBRAI (Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa). This year over 15,000 bicyclists emerged upon Sioux Center as their starting point to literally ride across Iowa in the next few days. And we were fortunate that our home, just outside of town, was along the route!
We started by enjoying the festivites in town and riding our bikes around to check out what it was all about.
We stayed in town until late watching the fireworks, but that did not keep us from getting up at 6:30am to watch all the bikes come right past our house! We invited some of our good friends and had a yummy breakfast while waving "hello" to all the fun people up bright and early to beat the 100 degree heat heading our way.
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| The early bird. . . still a little sleepy! |
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| Breakfast and bikes with friends |
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| The view to the west from our house |
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| The view to the east. . . quite the hill to climb! |
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| Cooper finally joined us at 9am! |
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| Good friends!!! |
We did have one rider stop to eat with us towards the end and he was quite the character.. even blessing us with a few Catholic jokes. Everyone left our house by 10am and we headed inside. . . thankful for a positive RAGBRAI experience. Looking forward to next time!
And I'll leave you with a shot of what happens to your son's feet when you let him play outside during RAGBRAI with only Crocs on. . . GROSS!!!
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