RAGBRAI

RAGBRAI is the longest, largest and oldest bicycle touring event in the world. Indianola was the overnight stop for Tuesday. We happened to be directly on the route, so we spent the day watching and greeting the bicyclists. The first bikes rolled in around 8:30am and they were still coming in at 9:00pm.

All but one of these photos were taken from my yard.

LIVESTRONG team bus.

another team’s bus

all kinds of bikes

in pairs and small groups

rolling by

This was taken looking down the street from the town square where the food and entertainment was.

Since Indianola is home to the National Balloon Classic, no event is complete without hot air balloons.

Hot air balloons DIRECTLY overhead.