Hey guys, thanks for the welcome

Annie - I did RAGBRAI with a team - Team Megawatts. I'm doing it again this year. I never imagined how fun it could be. At least it was pretty cool last year after the first day (what was it 100 degrees that day?). I wonder if we'll be so lucky this year. How about you? Did you happen to catch the guy riding in only a loin cloth? Ouch! I'd have to say my favorite food vendor were the breakfast burrito boys. Mmmmmmmmm mmm.

Angie - I know Plainfield really well. My folks have some friends that live out there. I live in Bartlett, and cycle with a LBS club. There's another club I rode with Tuesday that was pretty hard core, so I might split my time between the 2 clubs. I don't ride RAGBRAI with this group though. The team for that is from all over, including Atlanta, Colorado and Missouri. I got hooked up with that through a friend. For RAGBRAI last year, my friend who's from Springfield and I met in the Quad Cities and caught a charter bus across for like 50 bucks. They advertise on the RAGBRAI site. This year I have a friend driving a group of us to Des Moines to hook up with the rest of the team, then heading over to the starting town. I agree, it's a pain to get across the state Are you going for the whole week this year?