Terry Traveller Does RAGBRAI

Here’s an image for you, Terry in spandex, with that orange parka on a bike in July…  – Editor

This year, I am proud to say I partook in one of Iowa’s grandest traditions, RAGBRAI.

In the time honored tradition the Iowa weather was unbearable- I’m sure it had nothing to do with my fur lined parka.

The sweaty faces of thousands of cyclists from across the globe seemed to me to create the Ultimate Iowan- a thousand arms and legs all peddling together with a common goal, the love of the land, and the audacity to close down main veins of traffic for fun.

It seemed to me to bear a striking resemblance to the migratory pattern of Scandinavian Idaltu cave dwellers who often held parades as they traveled from one bungalow to the next in search of water, rest, first aid, and Schrader valves.

Now, some of you may think me a friend of “Fred and Doris” but I’m a seasoned “Clydesdale”. (These are cycling terms for the unaware.)

This year I rode for 500 miles, making several extra loops for fun and occasionally to find my towel.

Amongst 15,000 people I find it easy to get distracted and while I never get lost, for travelers simply do not get lost they may seek, explore, or ask for guidance but we are never lost, it was necessary to ask for guidance several times along the way.

I met several people, many of whom felt inspired by our conversation to ride up the next hill or jaunt as quickly as they could. I find it gratifying to motivate others, don’t you?

– Terry

Terry Traveller
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