I already REALLY wanted to do this ride, but now I REALLY REALLY REALLY want to do it! Sounds just amazing. What a great experience! MomOnBike - what a wonderful ride report...thank for sharing!!!

How was the weather? I would be very worried about the humidity since it's quite dry where I live. We do get the heat, but dry heat is so much different than humid heat. That's the one thing that would be most likely to scare me away from RAGBRAI!