Ragbrai

This week, Angie and my dad are riding RAGBRAI (which stands for: the Register's Great Annual Bike Ride Across Iowa). Last night they stopped in Humboldt Iowa. Today they have their thrid 70+ mile bike ride as they make their way to Hampton, Iowa.

I spoke on the phone with her last night and she said that they've been starting the ride at about 6:30am. The weather has been fairly agreeable, albeit windy. She's been showering in cattle barns and sleeping in parks and fairgrounds. Her spirits are up and she's having a lot of fun, even though she is super tired.

Yesterday she saw a pretty bad bike accident. A man slipped on some loose gravel and then was run over by a bunch of bikes that were drafting him. The skin on his arm was burned off buy the tread of another bike. I guess the whole wreck was pretty bad.

Lance Armstrong is riding the entire race this year, so that is pretty exciting. Usually there are about 10,000 people who go on the ride. Lance actually met someone in Orlando, last week, who was shipping his bike to Iowa so he could go on the ride. I love that this bike ride, which has been a part of my evey summer since as far back as I can remember, is now such a huge, event!

So, keep up the good work Ang and Dad! We're all cheering you on!