With the conference over, we accepted an opportunity to visit Marianne in a village 90 km outside of Cotonou (northwest,…
It is cold in Ottawa during the winter time. We aren’t so adventurous as our friends Friedel and Andrew who…
We decided that we would carry our gear the last day, so we didn’t need to find our charter at…
The weather was threatening when we woke up, so we quickly packed up our tent and got our gear loaded…
Today was the longest day of RAGBRAI according to the route maps, but for us it was only second longest.…
Although Day 3 was shorter than the previous two days, at a mere 109 km, it wasn’t as short as…
Today was a long day, but the route was mostly flat, making it feel similar to yesterday’s ride. At about…
We awoke at 5:30 am to the sound of tent zippers. A surprising number of people were already out and…
We are very glad we did not tent last night – Dubuque got another 3 inches of rain – add…
When we told people we were planning to ride across Iowa this summer, the reaction was always “Why Iowa?” We…