Quick post tonight about RAGBRAI. This is the annual bicycle ride across Iowa. The route is different each year. 10,000 riders started in western Iowa in Sioux City at the Missouri River on Sunday. They rode to Storm Lake and spent the night in tent cities and camped all over there. 
Today they came east through our area including Pocahontas, Plover, West Bend and ending up in Algona for the night.
A special loop for riders who wanted to ride 100 miles today (vs. about 80 average) came through our town.
Some people ride in teams and have support buses - see 2 pictured here. Most of them carry the bikes on the roof and many use it as a party deck in the evenings. They travel from one host city to the next during the day.
As you can see, you see everything including the one guy whose recumbent bike and his "hat" looks like a banana. Another guy has a Viking type hat on. Fun day watching riders from all over the world come through our area! More pictures later this week. Don't forget that you can click on them to make them bigger. 
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