Provided we get going early enough and make good time, I'll be there with my wife and 2 children (age 8 and 10) on two tandems (a dark green tandem and a blue & silver tandem). The faces on my kids will look like this - - after they realize what they've gotten their backsides into for the week.

I believe the meeting spot is to be at the Emerson fire house at 12 Noon if anyone is interested in meeting the faces from the RAGBRAI message forums.

I just looked up Emerson and it said the population is under 500. I wonder how these little towns feel when an army of 10,000 or so cyclists show up? That must be quite a sight...

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