My son and I had a great time on Ragbrai this year. Last year I did it by myself so it was fun to have DS along!

Weather was very nice -mostly in the 80's after last year's 100's.

The day before Des Moines stop it was estimated to have 35,000 bikers on the road.

Ragbrai is indeed a spectacle, to see and experience.

Milage was much lower than last year, so I enjoyed Iowa hills, corn, soybeans, food, bicyclists and Iowa folks more than ever.

Amazing how that many bicyclist can coexist on one road.

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Left to right pictures:

Racks of bikes filled both sides of the street

3 blocks solid with bicyclist as they came into my favorite town -Pella

We took our pictures with the Dutch girls in Pella

Dutch windmill in Pella

Giant bike in Fairfield