Oh man, so sorry that you got sick! But you still accomplished a huge amount of riding and hopefully had fun too! I am glad you got to dip your tire in the Mississippi.

Your post brought back my experience with Bike Virginia in 2003. I got so incredibly sick I missed out on the last two days of riding. Turns out a rather large minority of the riders had contracted a campylobacter intestinal infection, most likely from chicken poop on a wet road in a chicken farm area that got sprayed up onto our water bottles. Nasty, nasty, nasty and almost the sickest I have EVER been. Some folks had to go to the hospital. My DH was not affected, but he drank out of a Camelbak, so that made sense. I so hated not to finish the event, but it could not be helped. Some riders finished but got sick later as it affects everyone at different speeds.

Best of luck with the Ragbrai another year. It will still be there. And feel better soon! :-)