DAY 1 WEDNESDAY JAN. 4 I'm Happy! Today because we are starting on a wonderful journey with people who are long time friends, and others...

We are taking a Panama Canal cruise in January. Good news! I’m pretty confident it will be a hurricane free cruise! At least, I think we...

​People often ask about travel tips as we are frequent travelers (UNDERSTATEMENT). The Chase Sapphire Reserve card is our favorite...

LET'S DO THIS! I may have earned a new nickname this year. Last year Wisconsin friend Ken dubbed me "lucky charm." I'm not sure what I...

LET'S DO THIS! After finishing in the wind and the rain yesterday, I was not sure I had a lot left in the tank for today. The choices...

LET'S DO THIS! Powered by pasta we rolled out at first light. Thanks to a time zone change, we saw our first South Dakota sunrise, and it...

LET'S DO THIS! It was a frigid 47 when we left this morning. I may have been a little under-coated but we set our sights on a forecasted...

LET'S DO THIS! We started the day with a BIG BREAKFAST. The proof is in the picture. We retraced our route out of Wall for twelve miles...

LET'S DO THIS! We pulled away through puddles left from last night's rain. We hit the road at 5:15 AM, encouraged by RASDak to beat the...

LET'S DO THIS! Today begins with happy birthday for my amazing wife. For the second year in a row she is letting me bike across South...

LET'S DO THIS! RASDak I am back! I know, those that followed me last year on this bike tour of South Dakota may find this hard to...

REFLECTIONS FROM THE RIDE Today's ride was only 31.6 miles. It did pack a climb of 1,148 feet. In that short distance. We passed through...

We left town to another Iowa sunrise over a Grant Wood landscape. Technically, God created it, Wood tried to replicate it, and I would...

We are over halfway so it's all downhill from here, right? NOT! Today was the tester, and I passed! Another great day on RAGBRAI! Today...

THIS RIDE IS RAMPING UP! Have I told you I love RAGBRAI? For whatever reason, dehydration, not enough calories (yah, I know that one’s...

Our route today was 55.5 miles with 1028 feet of climb. There was an optional "Gravel Loop" that added another 15. Most of the people...

Today’s route was shorter at 67.5 miles. It began with mostly manageable rolling hills then flattened out. There was only 1097 feet of...

Early on the ride from Sioux City yesterday, we rode through the morning mist under a bridge. There we saw an apparent homeless man...

Tire dip in the Missouri to begin another Iowa coast to coast ride on RAGBRAI XVIII

Howie woke up to a live bat on his bike shorts. I had already put mine on, so I was hoping I didn't have a passenger. We rolled out at...