A RAGBRAI Rider who carried a banjo:
R.I.P. Michael “Moon” Mullen
This guy was the original Ragbrai Banjo guy who rode in 41 Ragbrais. He died of cancer on May 22. I only started riding in 2005 and there were some years that Moon and I actually got together and did some banjo jamin’ but I never saw him at the old “Peanut Butter Jam”. On this year’s ride, I was approached by a few of Moon’s friends who asked me if I knew him. “We all knew Moon”, I answered.