Quote Originally Posted by TrekTheKaty View Post
1) Comraderie. I don't want to show up in Iowa alone! If there was a group to visit with before and after, I don't mind riding by myself (I'm not fast, but a good distance rider). So far no one in my family has been willing to go.

2) I believe if one member of the group gets picked in the lottery, the whole team is in.

Ideally, if we had a big enough group, we should be able to break up into skill levels. Then no one would ever get left behind.

THANKS, TTK! Good answers and I now understand perfectly. I had forgotten about the lottery.