The last night we have heavy dew and everything was sopping wet...good thing it was on the last night. I did a quick run, left town at 6:00 and stopped briefly a couple places along the way. Just a quick breakfast burrito, watermelon and a smoothie...and the required bananas! Day was mostly flat, with some hills here and there. I felt very strong and made good time. As usual the heat at the end was tough. I think I've been drinking more than three gallons of water a day. The ride was a little longer than planned. There was a detour because of flooding near the river. There is a dip site at the end where you can dip your front tire into the Mississippi. I passed on the dip...there were 25,000 expected and I wanted to do a quick turn out of town. I made it to the parking lot by 11:15...it was just over 70 miles for the day. After packing the car and getting a shower (which was not the usual RAGBRAI experience...there was no line and plenty of hot water!) it was noon and I headed home. 13 hours later at midnight I rolled into Louisville. Made it to 7:30 Mass this morning. Dried out tent and stuff. Kris even washed the toxic bag of dirty clothes already (bless her). Imagine seven sweaty days of damp bike gear...yuck. I cut the neglected grass, and I sweat less doing that than sitting still in Iowa!
I'm off to Chicago tomorrow for a two day trip...I'll try to write a recap of RAGBRAI this week.
Glad to be home, but had a super time in Iowa. I feel great; no pains...butt is a little tender, but not bad. All is good.
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