Less words, more pretties... Just a quick way to share the photos I took or stole on The Ragbrai 2013 Edition.
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| Stephanie Shearer took these right before we got on the Great Western Trail |
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| Stephanie |
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| Remi |
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| Martensdale, Iowa, at the end of the Great Western Trail |
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| Fulfulling my desire of enjoying a cool, crisp refreshing beer inside a covered bridge. St. Charles, Iowa. |
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| Winterset, Iowa. Craig's rear wheel is out of true. this would dog us for the beginning of Day 2. Eventually he got it to stop hitting the brake pads but there was a hop in the wheel. |
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| John Wayne Memorial Winterset, Iowa |
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| On the salon next to the cafe, Winterset, Iowa |
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| Great Breakfast. Gouda cheese omelete |
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| Three bikers heading east on Iowa 92. Felt better seeing bikes on this highway. |
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| Bonnie and Clyde's getaway car! Highway 92 |
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| This buzzard was on my bars for a long time then I took him off. Missing for quite sometime until he resurfaced in my toolbox the day that I left. Half way through the Ragbrai it broke in half leaving only the feet on the bars. |
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| Nice rollers on 92! |
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| Airtractor dusting crops along Iowa 92. |
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| Curtis from West Des Moines on his Terratrike bagging it out to the beginning of Ragbrai. No map. Took a right on 92 at Martensdale, Iowa. |
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| I like this abandoned village, Norway Center, Iowa. Wish there was better light for the other buildings. Also wished I had taken a photo of the south side of this church. |
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| Perfect place for a photo! |
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| Joe and Donnie joined us this morning. We taught them how to bag properly. |
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| US 71. We took a beer break here on out way to the T-Bone Trail |
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| This giant piston was part of a diesel motor that created electricity at an electrical plant. Imagine the compression required to move this bastard! |
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| crossing Interstate 80 on the T-Bone Trail |
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| We stopped for a beer and then Team Emu arrived and joined us. They were on their way to Marne, Iowa. |
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| Exira, Iowa |
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| The senic look out where the trail stopped for a moment. |
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| No Testle Left behind! |
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| 2 dudes bagging it out. |
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| Hamlin, Iowa. We ate the first tenderloin of the day in this town. Darrel's Place. They were preparing for ragbrai which rolled right through it a few days later. |
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| Audubon, Iowa |
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| A bad picture of the Motel No Tell sign Audubon, Iowa. |
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| Prairie Fire v Fireball or the end of our bottle of Prairie Fire. |
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| Audubon, Iowa. |
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| County road N46 was under construction. This is what happens when the asphalt is removed. |
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| Corn whiskey mixed well with Gatorade. |
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| Mystery Machine and Die Hard in Yale, Iowa. |
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| Amy Greiger. |
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| Photobombing. |
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| Craig loves to make these faces. |
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| Colin and me. |
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| On the road to Panora, Iowa. this is the only photo I have of Angel. |
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| Leeper and GYM in Panora, Iowa. |
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| The view from our room at the lakeside Inn Panora, Iowa. |
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| The only use the hot tub got. |
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| This couple have been retired for 16 years. Just cruising the trail. |
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| Outside Yale, Iowa. |
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| Amy, Don, Davis and John. |
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| Shade in Yale as Ragbrai rolls through. |
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| Missy, Gary and Ramona. |
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| Johnny Paco's. |
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| Richard Sammy Beerman. |
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| Scenes from inside Yale's only bar, Just Ethel's. |
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| Jamaica, Iowa. |
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| Dawson, Iowa. |
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| Dora participated in a drum line in Perry, Iowa |
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| Mary and Dora. |
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| The tents are up! |
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| Mary and I at our Perry, Iowa, overnight. |
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| soccer injury 3 weeks before Ragbrai. |
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| Wrestling in Dallas Center, Iowa. |
good job on taking lots of pics!! it's fun to live your ride vicariously through your photos :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Steph! It was great to see you on our off. maybe next year you will ride with us??!!!???
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