To understand RAGBRAI you need to understand Iowans. If a ride like this went through the western suburbs of Chicago there would be some people that were angry about the mob of people on bikes swarming their town by the thousands but in Iowa I did not find anyone that seemed mad, in fact I found they were thanking us for coming.
As we come into towns throughout the ride we see lots of people sitting on their porches or parkways cheering and clapping yelling out things like "Where are you from?". They take the day and just enjoy the controlled chaos, like you see below. Thousands of people all at one time rolling into these small towns across Iowa and there is plenty to do. Whether you are having breakfast at the fire station, lunch at the V.F.W. or just having a smoked turkey leg at one of the vendors there are plenty of food options. Also you may see the town park full of music with a DJ or a band playing in the beer tent for more than enough people. There are generally 3-5 of these towns between each overnight town, which puts on an even bigger party at night (Brett Michaels was there one night), and they're all very welcoming and hospitable.
As I think back about the ride I keep going back to the amount of graciousness and kindness of the people I met over the week and it makes me long for July 19th, 2015 so I can do it again!!!
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