We made it! As RAGBRAI tradition calls for we dipped our front tires in the Mississippi River as we rolled into our final destination -LeClaire, IA. We went to the FedEx truck, gladly turned our bikes over to their care and WALKED (not biked) into the sunset.Our sunset happened to be a beautiful spot three feet away from the Mississippi River--and 20 feet from another train! LeClaire is the most tourist oriented town we've seen. We enjoyed a nice dinner at a local restaurant (with plates, forks and chairs), washed our clothes and visited with local shopkeepers. Eloise, the grandmother of the sandwich shop owner, fed us some amazing hummingbird cake. She's going to mail us the recipe, when it arrives, we'll make some for everyone. That is the Iowa way after all --be open, caring and friendly. And feed everyone!
We enjoyed a nice evening and morning amongst familiar faces. Jim and Tom, two Floridians we camped next to the very first day, happened to be next to us again last night. We couldn't believe that with 10,000 people on this trip we still kept running into each other. We woke up this morning to a beautiful sunrise over the Mississippi and the largest barge we've ever seen--12 containers in all. It was a nice and relaxing way to cap off our trip.
We'd like to thank everyone that sent us well wishes and supported this adventure. Your thoughts and prayers were greatly appreciated!
We want to put a team together for next year ....let us know if you are interested!
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I love that a meal 'with plates, forks and chairs' is noteworthy. I know you guys know that I completely understand that. :)
CONGRATULATIONS to both of you and thank you so much for sharing yur experience through the blog. I feel like I was riding on your handlebars. I'll join you next year IF I can ride on your handlebars.
YOU'RE MY HEROES! I'm afraid to go on a bike ride with you guys again...you'll leave me in the dust! :)
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