Iowa is a dead zone. There is no wifi. There is no cell service. So, needless to say, there have been no blog updates. But, we've started RAGBRAI. And Iowa is absolutely not flat. The hills are enormous. The heat is sweltering. The drunks are rampant.
DAY 1: Glenwood - Atlantic (56 Miles)
It was our "Virgin" day of RAGBRAI. We only ever rode 30 miles before...so, this was a little bit of a shock. Our asian rice hats earned us a lot of compliments from other riders and lewd comments from drunk 50-year-old men ("I think I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese", anyone?). The heat was disgusting the whole day. Seriously, we had dried salt on our eyebrows. The YMCA gym we slept in was horribly bright and loud, but it had a shower, so, whatever. The 7 am wake-up was crap.
DAY 2: Atlantic - Carroll (65.something Miles)
Thank goodness the weather was better, because it was a long day. We saw the German part of Iowa, where everything was Haus-whatever or Vilkomen to Insert Town name. We thought that the hills were going to be a bit smaller, but no. Absolutely not. We consume more water than I ever imagined was possible. After passing through a prohibition-era underground distillery, Templeton Rye, we finally arrived in Carroll. Where we don't have to sleep on a hard gym floor. Success.
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