Ragbrai

Ragbrai came through Ames this week with 20,000 plus bike riders from all 50 states and many countries. For those of you who aren't familiar, it is a bike ride across the entire state of Iowa. They ride an average of 70 miles each day for a week. Everyone camps out at the end of each day at a designated town. Ames happened to be a city to stop in this year. Lance Armstrong introduced the band STYX in Ames Tuesday night to begin the festivities. The city had multiple events going on throughout the day and late into the night. We enjoyed walking around the town, people watching, eating, and meeting some interesting bike riders. My favorite part of the day was getting to see some of my childhood friends from Milwaukee. This is their first experience with Ragbrai. They highly recommended it and so maybe next year John and I will try it too.