RAGBRAI

I'm writing this on Monday morning, the day after the Race 4 Grace team did RAGBRAI for the second year. It was another great time. Many of the team members camped in Missouri Valley on Saturday night, while the rest came to town early Sunday morning. We left Missouri Valley about 8:30 am, and it was on. The toughest stretch of the day may have been the first ten miles, which was a hilly stretch leading into the first stop (a tiny town called Beebetown). At that point we wondered if we'd make it the rest of the day. But the team was tough, sucked it up, and cruised into Harlan between 3:30 and 5:00. I think we'll end up having a good number of people who sponsored the riders this year, meaning we'll be able to give a good amount of money to FSMA. We had a huge banner on our support vehicle this year, but our goal for next year is to look into acquiring some sort of bus for the journey. And, there are some team members thinking about doing the whole week next year, including Grace's Grandpa. More on the day and ride later in the week...