I am making final purchases for our RAGBRAI XXXI trip and have a couple of questions.

We have our official wristbands. We have our tent. We have our air mattresses. We have our bikes. We have our charter service. We have our team. We have our airline tickets. We have our cycle clothing. We have our helmets. We have our tools.

What we don't have yet are sleeping bags and pillows. I noticed in the sports store that they sell something called a "sleeping sack" which is basically just a sheet sack. It says it is good for warm weather sleeping. So my question for those of you that have done the ride before and know southern Iowa weather in July is this: How cold does it get at night? Would a sleep sack (a sheet to lay on and a sheet to cover you) be enough, not enough, a possible solution, not a possible solution?

What about camping pillows? The ones I saw in the camping store were about the size of a computer laptop and pretty worthless for a pillow loving guy like myself. I think I would get about as much use out of a wadded up t-shirt for a pillow as those things.

I would appreciate any advice/suggestions.

BB