Day 3 (Tuesday) - Jefferson to Ames (62.4 Miles) - Completed

Tuesday, July 24th, Jefferson to Ames, 62.4 miles, 997 Feet of Climb

Today we decided to ride as "Team Simply Awesome".   We put on our green and gold Green Bay Packer Jersey's and saddled up for the Super Bowl of cycling.   We took our time on the ride and have lots of pictures to share.   Here are some of the highlights of the day:

Day 3 and we are wearing our green and gold "Simply Awesome" Team Jersey

We are reminded of today's heat as we past the Stupidity Trailer 

It's 7:00 am and we are excited to ride today

Here we are on the road to Grand Junction, our first town

Chris and Bob leading the way

Oops!  There's a big traffic jam ahead

So we walk for a while, typical of Ragbrai

It's bigger than we thought - look at all the people ahead of us.

...and all the people behind us.

Chris leading the rolling wave.

We break free and head to Farm Kids for breakfast - the line is super LONG!

After breakfast, we encounter a large field of wind turbines 

Mid-American is installing the large blades on new towers.

The huge blades and are installed by by large cranes

Iowa has many fields of wind turbines - the wave of the future

It's noon and we arrive in Ogden IA.   check out the cool water tower

Chris meets Big Girl Gear friends from last year.  Check the cool Jersey

Trump Baby shows up in Ogden. Note the groping hands

Kim Jon Un, Putin, and the paid-off Porn Star surround Trump Baby  

Chris and Pat lead the way into Boone as we pass thru the meeting town.

It's 2:45 pm so we pull into the Craft Beer Tent

It's hot and there is large crowd at the beer garden

We grab a beer and find some shade

There  are only a few places to sit

Chris is having a shandy (half lemonade)

We spot "dancing" Zebra Man (one of PBV's characters)

It's time to leave and follow the long line of cyclists.

We are saving time for one more stop - Beekman's Ice Cream

Here we are at Beekman's (our daily stop) for Ice Cream

Pick your flavor (Vanilla, Chocolate, Raspberry, Peach.

It's a long line, but the Beekman's Ice Cream is well worth it

After Beekman's, we rode into camp arriving about 4:40 pm.   Mileage for the day is 66 miles and 1200 feet of climb.   While it was hot in the sun, it was cool riding and another great day of cycling.