83 Day 6 Waverly to Independence: I am the tallest human in the world!

Thanks again to Masinga for her epic and forthright 5-part guest blog series! But, now, back to me!

Tripoli to Sumner

Most, if not all, of the beavers were impressed by amazing abilities to bring out the sun. Though, as you have read, and as you will read, those sacrifices were not without consequence.

Photo courtesy of Steven, pre-slap heard round the dam.

I was wasted when we finally left that VFW. No matter. There is a lot of drinky-cycling in DSM, so I'd been there before. And thankfully, I had the love and support of the Mayor, who seems to love me and adore me even more when I am drunk, ridiculous, and kind of an asshole. That's why he's my ragby-husband.

We rode out of town, down a long hill. I remember seeing some nice trees. I remember riding up some hills, nothing serious. A nice stream here and there, and then eventually the road opened up and we were out in the countryside. The Mayor rode with me for a bit, I think. And, I asked him to protect other riders from my dangerous and erratic potential.

Though, eventually, I got separated from my team. That's okay, I thought. I got this. Oh, vodkfidence.

In fact, I was better than "got this." I was having a blast. All lingering pain had been numbed by booze. And any lingering concerns I had about my abilities were washed away. And then, I realized something else.

I was soooo tall. Well, I wasn't actually tall, but I felt really, really tall. Like my 48 cm bike was now a 60 cm bike, and I was on top of it. Higher than all the other bikes. Higher than the cars! Higher than the corn, even! Weeee!!!!

In hindsight, I think this is actually an optical illusion caused by a combination of vodka and polarized lenses because when I rode in my regular glasses, I shrunk back down to mini-size. But, it was amazing. I felt like I had no legs! And, I was flying over the road! Yippee!!!

Then, I stopped to have a pee in the corn. It was muddy. This made me giggle to myself. Hilarious. Ragbrai was hilarious. And, it was sunny! And I was riding my bike! Magic!