Since RAGBRAI was passing near our home town my eight year old son and I went to ride part of it with the trail-a-bike. We started in Story City and went the 44 miles to Marshalltown in about 6 1/2 hours. 9 am was certainly not to early to start as the crowds are already passing through Story City. People must have gotten an early start with the high temperatures today (100 degrees Fahrenheit or a bit more). My son did great and had lots of fun. Of course his highlight was in Marshalltown when we rode side by side with another kid on a trail-a-bike and he could talk with him. I wish though he would let me rest a little longer at some of the breaks but he wanted to keep pushing forward. Especially at the beginning when the saw all the people passing by us. Later he must have figured out that there are always more people coming, an never ending flow of them, and even requested some short rests. Riding with the Adams trail-a-bike was though due to th...
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