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On the road! No wives! No kids! No facial hair!
They put *what* juice in this beer?!
Tent city at Notre Dame High School, Burlington, IA , the evening before bussing across to Council bluffs.
Tent city at Notre Dame High School, Burlington, IA , the evening before bussing across to Council bluffs, only it's gotten a little darker.
Did you know there are 127 different household items you can create with just one caribou carcass?
Wind power!
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Jim, Me.
Obligatory view up the bus aisle...
Ian & Jen. Jen is wondering if it's too late to change teams.
The Circle of Love.
How can you not like a Bozo punching bag?
Let's hope they cook better than they spell.
Ian: I'm looking pretty hot at Ribfest.Girl in Red: <sigh>
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Rider on!
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Jen: I said "CUT!"
Put my rear tire in the Missouri. Had the silly thing in reverse!
MacGuyver, Speedy, Pokey, Shorty and Tent in Omaha, Nebraska with the Missouri River in the background.
Gotta love cops on horses.
The moon is out surprisingly early this evening...
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Wow, scary fast.
Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge linking Council Bluffs, IA, and Omaha, NB.
Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge, again, but from a much wider angle than the last one.
Beep! Beep! **I hope I'm in focus this time.
Jim, Craig, Ian, and Jen imbibing.
Beep! Beep! ** Good brew!
Banana man!
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Ultralight fly-by
Sunrise over the Council Bluffs tent city.
I saw the crescentYou saw the whole of the moon
Pancake Man is a wonder to behold!
Beep! Beep! ** Yum-my!
Ian wore blue that day
Musical accompaniment at the Fair Trade Coffee stand. They were riding from Alaska to South America and hooked up with RAGBRAI for the week.
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Mojo love.
When the ride enters a town, things usually grind to a halt. This picture is for my Uncle Norbert.
Suzy the Miniature (?) Schnauzer rode the whole route on the back of a bike.
Will the owner of the Specialized Allez please report to the information booth...
Me, Day 1. Still no facial hair to speak of.
Jim Devine immediately in the foreground, Craig Flowers immediately ahead.
Sun!
Uff da, Craig!
Arm power!
Lunch in Henderson
I sincerely hope that is a liquid-cooled banana suit.
Roadrunner meets a doggie.
Tractor-based bicycle parking
The occasional free water supply. Otherwise, it's a buck a bottle.
There was an awful lot of Budweiser on this trip. Jim and Craig don't seem to mind.
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Team Yellow Snow
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Ad hoc beer garden
And they looked fast as hell, too.
Thongs on the outside!
IH is a sentimental favorite of mine (the other end of the bike parking cable).
Okay, we can cross- nope- wait, there's an open- no, not yet, oh screw it, let's just go home.
Train depot in Red Oak
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Jen and Fwyggy.
Ian ditched us at Fair Trade Coffee so he could ride ahead and set up camp. What a guy!
Day 2, Breaking camp
Red Oak town square
Red Oak town square
Craig Flowers and Pat Higgins.
Me, Craig, and two other U of I alumni.
Our hero.
Sail Iowa!
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<a href="http://littlefarm.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47:montgomery-county-blues&catid=35:ragbrai-2009&Itemid=66">Political intrigue</a> on RAGBRAI.
Little Farm proprietor explains the political intrigue from the previous photo. Jim hopes she didn't notice he just stole some coffee.
Craig thinks "You <i>stole</i> that coffee?"
Ya, enterin' Stanton, hey.
Shoot, I forgot my packet of Tide.
Kelly's Pies!!
Elvii sighting!
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Pout for me, baby!
And now, we dance!
The "cup and saucer" water tower on the outskirts of Stanton
Breakfast Burritos from Farm Boys
Unicycles! No kidding! The WHOLE week!
Three-rider tandem
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Yellow Snow on the move. Smaller stokers got raised cranks on tandems.
Henry. 900 lbs. Some pig.
There was no riding up this hill, not because it was too steep, but because it was too crowded!
One of many front yard galleries (watching everyone walking their bikes up the hill).
View back down the hill
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RAGBRAI is just like Paris-Roubaix!
Johnny Carson was born in Corning, Iowa...
... and had a street named for him.
Roadrunner is still looking for his focus, but did find good food.
Arrabiata Penne Pasta with Rosemary-encrusted Salmon. Yum-MY!
Chillin' in Fontanelle
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Rain moved in around dinner time in Greenfield.
There is culture in Iowa, make no mistake.
The Circle of Love, Greenfield, IA.
Music for your coffee.
... and then Jim, here, says to the cop, "I don't have to show you nothing, pig!"
As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again!
Fly-by.
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Food's gotta come from somewhere.
Another barn returning to the earth.
I got tattooed on RAGBRAI.
Person Man, Person Man, hit on the head with a frying pan..
Loons, the whole lot of them.
Podunk is a real place! This is the center!
Yay funny hats!
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Old firetrucks are cool.
Thunderstorms provide ample phenomenon to spook a horse.
Elvis rides again!
Your place for sheepburgers.
Two of those are for me.
Spam spam spam spam...
Banana attack.
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Octabarn
Jen needs some TLC.
This is for my brother, Jim.
The Interstate 31 School's mascot is the Roadrunner. Coincidence? I think not.
Anyone can do RAGBRAI.
I totally planned this shot.
Yes, we're in Madison county.
Go Cubs!
John
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My first decorated port-a-potty show.
Yeah, ride through an actual covered bridge of Madison County, blah blah blah.
I think his name was "Ruck." Nice doggie.
Our tent city on the campus of Simpson College.
Another fly-by, but much slower and quieter.
Ian and Beth (McCormick) Kenny
Mmmmm, smoothies.
Ducks!
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Ian, Beth, and John. Just like old times.
Beth, Roadrunner, and John, just like old times.
Whoopin' it up in the town square.
Some people have been whoopin' it up for quite some time.
Pre-dawn in the tent city.
Riders in the mist.
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"For the last time, I cannot get the Little Green Sprout's autograph, lady! Now leave me alone!"
Ian almost didn't make it into the picture.
Coffee kerfuffle.
Milo has a theme, apparently.
Make dance, not war.
How can you not like a coke can airplane?
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Poorrrrrrrrrrrrrk Choooooooooop!
Craig and the pig-shaped bus.
I don't blame Jen for decking them.
Patrick and Pirate Jenny
Has the fat shirtless guy passed yet?
Holed up in Lacona.
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Ian, John, Jim, and Craig (horizontal)
Come back! We promise to put our shorts back on!
Nothing tames a savage Craig like a smoothie.
Red in the morning...
Chariton town square
Buy a bike, save your soul.
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The band is growing...
RoadRunner! The Coyote's after you! RoadRunner- if he catches you, you're through!
Pork chops in the mist
Nourishment before hitting the Karras Loop. Mr. Pork Chop was at the back end of the loop.
Yes, that is a real diaper.
Dang! It's been an hour since my last email notification!
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Rathbun Lake. I will soon be on the far end looking back.
Point of No Return at the Karras Loop around Rathbun Lake.
When I started the Karras Loop.
They told me the bathroom was this way.
How can you not appreciate good vertebrae?
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Looking back across Rathbun Lake, like I said I would.
"Mystic" is just a cool name for a town.
Historical marker
Historical Church, returning to the earth.
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15.54 miles later, I got my badge for the loop. Now I have to repeat 15 miles of the regular route.
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Beer Oasis
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My reward for doing the Loop
Having already finished two beers on an empty stomach, I didn't much mind the flash from a nearby nuclear detonation.
Nate and Eric. Or, Eric and Nate. I forget- they all look alike to me.
BBQ pork burrito!
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More from Team Road Booty (remember the vertebrae from before?)
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Windmills can sprout up anywhere without warning- be careful.
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I am finally getting to the free orange I got from the Boy Scouts on the outskirts of Indianola.
Safety first!
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Because I did he extra miles in the Loop, I did not get caught under these clouds.
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Clear for takeoff?
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Century!
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The cows are in the corn. Again.
Can't miss the bike lane in Ottumwa.
Circle of Love, Ottumwa
Not quite sure what this is.
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Heading out
Dam!
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Sailed Iowa.
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How can you not like a dingy bell? Jen?
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If you ain't where you are, you're noplace.
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Monkey Train!
Craig and Kelly
Toot
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Sometimes a water tower means the next town... sometimes not.
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Lunchtime!
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Ian, John
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Zoe was the best waitress EVER!
I have no idea.
Accident UP!
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Jim- we need you to get a few things at the store...
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Jim and Sherrie
Where is the Circle of Love?
Iowa City is getting hammered.
There's the Circle of Love!
Pretzel time for Craig and Pat.
Ian, Craig, pretzel.
Good people drink good beer.
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Team West is Best is: Jim (Speedy), Craig (Shorty), Ian (Pokey), Jen (Tent), Pat (???), and John (MacGyver)
Shorty and Pokey square off.
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Yes, I did.
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Breakfast at the VFW
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Trust me- this will make a GREAT profile pic!
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Hey Bay-beee!
Almost there!
Getting closer!
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Snake Alley, coming up!
Yes, it was that steep.
Finished! At the Mississippi River in Burlington, IA.
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She was a good horse.
Ghost bike?
Total mileage (before riding back to the car).

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