After our first full day of RAGBRAI, we were in for a very special treat.
The folks who opened up their yard for us to camp in (so we didn't have to stay in the general camping area), had an air-conditioned studio apartment big enough for all 5 of us, and they invited us to crash there for the night. Yippee!!
We ate BBQ in their front yard, watched tons of bike riders & team vehicles cruise down the road, and got to know this really nice family.
We also met a lovely woman from Appleton, WI, who was waiting late into the evening trying to get in contact and meet up with her friend who had rode the arduous first day of RAGBRAI. I mentioned in my last post that the first day riding was tough - Mom & I heard over six ambulances picking up riders throughout the course - and we learned a few days later than this woman's friend was all right, but had been transported to an area hospital for dehydration.
The first day, as Toni so aptly put it, "was grueling." Therefore, the air-conditioned studio was a god-send!
The family also created cute welcome signs for us.
And decorated the room with monkeys and signs so we really felt special. This is the one monkey that we got to keep to decorate future campsites.
Needless to say, but we all felt so much better after a full night of restful sleep!
Looks like Bill is sporting an 80's hawk in the 2nd photo. Erm, maybe it's just the leopard print bedspreads that throwing me off. Either way, AC not DC is king!
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