Hamption to Cedar Falls- 68.8 miles with 2009 ft of climb.
Pass through towns are Aredale,
Conditions-
Today started out a bit later than
usual, but we needed a break! We said
goodbye to
A typical morning shows scenes
such as Jake and Ann
folding their tents. And now, finally hitting the road in the
breakfast area, we see Janelle
and Rebecca. And here’s
Aaron and Mel,
who is a first time rider this year. Some more newbies
included Jessica and Adrian. Now what a crew! We had a blast.
My plan today was putting dress up
day on the map. This is an annual ragbrai tradition, but the memo never quite got sent. Nevertheless, a few dressed up anyway. Here’s Patti from Boulder who wore her wedding
dress. Doesn’t everybody? And then Mike and Jeff from Huxley and DesMoines respectively went bananas!
The plans went rapidly awry today
when Kristen dehydrated. She rides like
a mad woman and she just didn’t hydrate enough. It was a scary ordeal for me, her dad. She would stop and tell me that her legs
weren’t working and she would hyperventilate. But we were nowhere near quick help which we
needed as the sun was beating everyone down.
So we found a shady spot and lay down under the tree for quite awhile
and continued. She didn’t last
long. Our final stopping point was in a
rest area where there was an ambulance to transport Kristen to