Friday, July 25, 2008

Day 39 Central City IA to Muscatine IA

After a great evening with our hosts, Bruce, LaNiel and Ian, we set out for Muscatine. Today would be one to remember. We passed a number of weird and wonderful things.

Did you know you could rent a bull? That's right, if you have cows and want calves and have not bull, you can rent one. Here's proof.




































An then, do you know where the world's largest limeston structure? Well, according the people in Anamosa IA, it is their 1800's vintage Penatentury.



















The highlight of our day was when we joined the famous "Ragbrai" The Ride Across Iowa. We rode about 15 miles with the over 10,000 people who crossed Iowa this week and bikes. It is one big party.


















Finally, we got to see some of the terrible destruction caused by the flooding that happened earlier this year in Iowa. Instead of taking the detour, we rode the damaged roads.





















Distance: 79 miles
Time on the bike: 5:20
Ave Speed: 14.6 mph
Max Speed 35.7

Total distance since Anacortes: 2452 miles
Total Climbed: 66,000 ft

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