RAGBRAI or Bust

The big news of the weekend is that the RAGBRAI route was revealed. Missouri Valley will be the start this year which is just a country mile north of Omaha. I have never done RAGBRAI before and am looking forward to it. We have a few friends that are part of a team that have invited us to ride with them. The chaos will be overwhelming, but it will be an experience to remember. I'm familiar with the multi-day rides since I did BRAN last year. Although BRAN has a cap of 800 riders and RAGBRAI has over 8500 riders. So it will be challenge to deal with that many people. There are a lot of "crazies" that ride RAGBRAI and are not accustomed to the rules of the road. So riding defensively will be a must. I love people watching and from the pictures I've seen this will be an eyeful. After last years ride I went through the Des Moines Register's online pictures and was amazed at some of the people I saw.

The Dude