Day 6 (Friday) - Sigourney to Iowa City (57 miles) - Completed

Friday, July 27, Sigourney to Iowa City, 57.6 miles, 1,413 Feet of Climb

Today is a relatively short ride at 58 miles and relatively flat at 1,413' of climb.   We are glad to have a shorter day today so we can save our energy for the last day (tomorrow) which is the longest ride of the week and is especially difficult as we have to arrive in time to catch the 3 pm bus back to Omaha.   So today we rest, tomorrow we start early and cycle hard.   Here are some highlights of today's ride.

Big log jam as we head into the town of Harper

And it is jammed up behind us as well.

So we take a short cut into Harper.

We walk around the big grain elevators

We walked through the town of Harper, then head to Wellman.

Bob stops for a picture in Wellman.

We've biked 29 miles to Wellman.

Lot's of traffic in Wellman as we enter town.  It's 11 am.

Long lunch lines today.  We decide to get something to go!

We decide on a burrito from Garden of Eden.

This is a favorite place at Ragbrai for great burrito's.

We leave Wellman and head to Kalona, the meeting town

Kalona is crowded with cyclists.

All these Ragbrai'ers need lunch

Here's Chris point to the Flag in Kalona

Bob and Chris opt for  wood fire pizza (sexy Pepper

Pizza does look good.

Bob says it's the best pizza he's ever had.

Must be good pizza, there's hardly any left!

Here's a bike we've seen all week and a tandem in back

After lunch, we head to Iowa City thru scenic soybean fields

Chris coming out of the Corn in Iowa City

Mike following Chris out of Corn!

It's kinda fun in the corn!

You never know what you're going to find in the corn! :-))

So we head into camp for our last night

Mike can't wait to take off those orange biking shoes

Bob and Chris arrive at camp in Iowa City

It's been a long week and a good Week!

We shower, have dinner and head off to bed!

To bed early and a full moon.   Tomorrow is an early start at 6:00am!

This is our last night in camp.   Tomorrow is our longest day (75+ miles) and we need to arrive by 2:00 pm to catch the 3 pm bus back to Omaha.   So we have planned an early start, ie on the road by 6am with a brisk ride into Davenport in time to take some quick pics and get on the bus.  It's been a great week in the corn!   We are looking forward to tomorrow!