Because I want to do a better job of posting the menu this year I will be a day behind with my posts but before I get to tell you about last nights dinner I need to tell you about the Sunday ride.
Go I g I to this year's route I had been a little concerned about day one. It was about 75 miles with 4200 feet of climb. If you think Iowa is flat, I would like to tell you it is not. After riding the first 30 miles I realized it was still early so I laid back and stopped at a bunch of places in the pass through towns as well as side of the road attractions. I saw and rode with a bunch of the members of TEAM CUISINE along the route and we ate, drank and laughed...a lot. It turned out that the hills and miles were eased by hanging out with the great people I have met on this team. Arriving in about 4 I had enough time to set up my tent and take a shower just in time for dinner.
Now, dinner last night had a southern theme to it. We had a homemade cole slaw and a bean salad with a buttermilk biscuit glazed with a honey butter and basil. After that we had vegetarian collared greens with a hickory smoked pork on the side. Paired with it for the wine was a Rose that, from what I was told, was very fruity and the perfect accompanying wine. It was all so delicious that I had several helpings, especially the biscuits.
After dinner a few of us went in to town to see some music. What we did not expect was a very eccentric location in the alley behind a comic book/antique/everything you can imagine store. The band consisted of a single, very talented banjo player that played traditional bluegrass with his own spin. It was worth the extra miles to ride down to cap one of the top 5 days I have ever had on RAGBRAI.
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