Today is a reported 69.2 mile route through Hull, Boyden, Sheldon, Melvin and May City.
First day: Nice day: not too hot at least
A Stop in Melvin for the Moose shot
Apparently a moose once walked into the town of Melvin and the town has made an event out of it, not just for Ragbrai. The locals ask if you want your picture taken with the “moose” on the wagon, so here it is. Our group camped out at the Emerson Bay campground instead of in the town of Okoboji and I didn’t ride into town to see what was going on because the bay was ideal for an afternoon dip. Then there were mosquitoes! Tons of them!
Silly and Goofy were there
A number of Ragbrai ‘virgins’ were reminded on this trip that they will have to get up the next morning and do it all over again. And it is true, you are either silly or goofy to do this one time in your life.