RAGBRAI Day 0 (July 23rd)

Le Mars, Iowa. Ice cream capitol of the world...

This "art" is made out of old bike frames and wheels.

This was also my introduction to "tent city"... The photo below shows about 20% of the tents in the campground this first night. It was hard to sleep due to the heat and humidity that day.



Its hard to imagine the amount of people hanging around on day 0. Riders and non-riders everywhere. Vendors selling all manner of bike accessories and making repairs. Isn't it a little late to be making repairs to your bike? I mean, you're starting a 500 mile ride tomorrow morning!