RAGBRAI is ending in Guttenberg this year – right where my family has property along the Mississippi River!

RAGBRAI is the Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa. It’s a weeklong bike ride, and you can choose to do the whole thing, or individual days. It’s always held the last full weekend of July and the route changes every year. The first time I rode a day of it was in 2014 when it ended in Guttenberg, and I have been not-so-patiently waiting for it to end there again ever since.

So, yay! Having the route near where family lives makes the logistics so much easier. (It’s also going through Cedar Falls this year, where my snis lives, but I don’t know if I want to ride more than one day, and the last day is the most fun so I’m leaning toward doing that one only.)

My brain’s been so scattered lately. Even though I mentioned the upcoming announcement on my blog and remembered it once last night, I completely forgot by the time I went to bed and didn’t check! So it was fun to wake up today to texts from my dad and snis chatting me about it.

Dad is definitely riding it, Val and Steve are in, and maybe my snister’s husband. Can’t wait! It looks like I’ll be getting on my bike in the spring! Last year I only rode it once. EEK!