I'm four days removed from my 11th RAGBRAI, and I already hear the clock ticking for next year.
This year, I'll remember the really short days, being way under trained, the large man urging people to slap his belly in Jamaica, the 100-foot motorized water slide on Day 6 and making it up a beast of a hill coming out of Springbrook Park and getting a straight razor shave in Pella.
Share your favorite memories in the comments, and post your photos to the Patch board.
Patch Coverage as the Riders Hit West Des Moines
(Gallery) Do You Recognize Yourself? RAGBRAI Offers Great People Watching in West Des Moines
Cedar Valley Couple Celebrates Honeymoon RAGBRAI on Bicycle Built for Two
RAGBRAI Gets 'Footloose' in West Des Moines
Flash Mob Dances to Blurred Lines
Blogs About RAGBRAI:
Maria Houser Conzemius
RAGBRAI-er Runs into "DMFK, Trained Killer" in Fairfield Casey's; "That's a Joke, Right?" I Asked Hopefully; "No," He Said.
Ten-Year-Old Will Dawley Rode RAGBRAI with His Dad and 14-Year-Old Sister and Met John Karras and His Wife!
I Met the Great Great Great . . . Grandson of a French Fur Trapper and a Native American Woman: Bart Coleman, and His Wife, Tracy Coleman
Today over Breakfast at Julie's Homestyle Cafe We Talked to a Young Man Trying to Find a Better Job
A Suave Frenchman on RAGBRAI Told Me What My French Family Surname Means: "The Heather"
It's Been a Long Time Since I Washed Clothes at a Laundromat; Clearly I Needed Supervision
Jacob Stegman Left Seattle to Ride Across the Country and Is on RAGBRAI
Frank Iowa Suddenly Appeared in an Orange T-Shirt on a Bridge over a Blue Iowa River
Certain MelonHeads Ply a MelonHead with Drinks, So Of Course She Has to Drink Them All Till She's Blotto, Right?
Perry Police Target MelonHeads
Isaiah Newkirk, Professional Bicycle Racer, Read "The Secret Race" over Breakfast
First Day of RAGBRAI Started out Nice But Ended with a Severe Thunder Storm
Minden Was Inhospitable & Confused; Audubon Was Mostly Friendly, Loving, & Warm
Patch Blog:
Tap Dancer Earns Money on RAGBRAI
'This is Nothing': 65-Year-Old Rugby Player Says of RAGBRAI
Unicorns on Bikes, Cyclists on Unicycles and Slip and Slides: Ragbrai Day 6
My Ragbrai Chariot
Need A Shave? You Can Find It On Ragbrai
Friendly Faces Make Stays In Small Town Memorable
Ragbrai Afterhours, Where's Waldo: Ragbrai Day 5 Photos
Ragbrai 2013: Hunter Thompson Times Lance Armstrong Divided By Lance Armstrong
Ragbrai Debauchery: Yes, They Went There (Video)
Director Estimates 35-40K: Could Be 'Busiest Day In Ragbrai History'
Stranded In Storm; Off Route In Jamaica; An Endless Hill: Ragbrai 2013 Day 2 Photos
Ragbrai 2013 Cuisine: Chocolate Covered Bacon
Ragbrai 2013 Day 1 Photos
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