93 Guest Blog: RAGBRAI from the Driver's Seat Part 1

Oh boy beavers, do I have another treat for you. The Deb speaks! I asked her for a blog about her adventures from the driver's seat and she sent me (after much cajoling) a 3400 word manifesto. This is great for two reasons. 1) The Deb is awesome (I am partial, being that she spawned me) and 2) I don't have to writer another blog for like a week! Boom. 

This also means we are going to go way past 100, y'all.

So, sit back and relax beavers because The Deb, the Driver, is going to take you on a wild ride!!! (Note, names have been changed to nicknames to protect the identities of the innocent).

Day zero: Saturday July 19.  

I wanted to share with you my Ragbrai thoughts and memories.  

We met in the Grimes Wal-Mart parking lot.  Literally, we met for the first time, with the exception of Panda and Billy.  We loaded bikes and gear, and while Dale and I had cleared as much space as possible, it was a bit horrifying how we put the bikes on the bed while others were dismantled to protect them.  

Steven, 3-Fingers (aka Masinga), Dale and I set off for Rock Valley, Dale driving so I could get to know Masinga more and catch up with Steven.  

The beers came out, and I want to thank Goldie and Rrryan for providing some really nice beer.  Serves you all right for not riding in the Beaver Ark.  

And also thanks to Dale for driving so I could party on for day zero.  

Camp was set up and we went into town to see what was going on.  

I soon discovered beaver habits: 

1. Drink beer; 

2. Scrounge for food and beer independently

3. Meet up to devour it, go back to the beaver ark 

4. Drink beer.  

Interesting habits, but I was certainly up to the challenge…