Monthly Archives: July 2010

Good grief, it always happens, we come to the 7th day!! Yesterday, we logged 67 miles and it looks like we will both total over 500 at end of ride. It stopped raining late morning, but we were all soaked … Continue reading →

We are in Rowley, about 1/2 way through the day.  The rain stopped about a mile or two ago.  My shoes are full of water, and we are a bit cold.  Dad is in line to get us Ribeye Sandwiches … Continue reading →

Last nights stay at the Lama ranch turned out well. They had a fantastic house and several other RAGBRAIers were there. We had a grand evening visiting. Attempted to feed crackers to the Lamas, but only one took anything and … Continue reading →

Tonight we are staying outside of Charles City at the home of a retired vet and a schoolteacher.  She has 13 llamas and is trying to raise miniature llamas.  They live a few miles out of town in a house that … Continue reading →

Last night we spent in a state park in Clear Lake Iowa. Very nice place but quite a ways from the town. Kevin and I rolled about 63 miles yesterday. It was very hot and humid. I struggled a bit, … Continue reading →

Both Kevin and I finished with just over 100 miles yesterday. Some time ago Kevin looked at the route and suggest that this year looked to be the perfect year to do the Karas Loop(about 100 miles.) So, we did … Continue reading →

Day two is off to a good start.  So far the weather is holding very nice, and it is not too hot.  Finally, we have gotten a town that has pie and water!!  Clara got into Storm Lake yesterday, and … Continue reading →

This is the long day.  We are hoping to do the century loop. Currently in Pocahontas.  This is the best town so far.

Kevin and I have stopped at Kingslie (sp) and found nobody sellinng pie or coffee!!  What could be wrong with these people??  The ride has started out with some rolling hills for these first 30ish miles, but it really was … Continue reading →