Originally Posted by
Square & Compas
My experience had been really good.
You will have fun. Make sure you stop in the pass through towns and see what the overnight towns have to offer. enjoy the food, music and atmosphere of RAGBRAI. It is truly something to be enjoyed and you will enjoy it all that much more if you're prepared for it.
I hope this helps. For more info go here;
http://www.ragbrai.com/ and here;
http://forums.ragbrai.org/
I was just going to let this die, but since it's right back at the top anyway... THANKS for the RAGBRAI info. We wouldn't consider going bandit, just because we don't know IA at all (although I went to college in Rock Island IL), terrain sounds similar to Austin, hilly and windy! and with sign up you get "free" transportation of camping gear to each stop? Although I guess we'd have to go with a service anyway to get back to our starting point. I think our biggest concern will be tons of beginners and kids on the route, can we bypass some of that by starting earlier than most?
Thanks again and sorry to hijack the original post.