2009 RAGBRAI route is announced

IT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED!!!

Yes, the new RAGBRAI route has been announced. It will be along the southern third of Iowa. Beginning in Council Bluffs and ending in Burlington. I heard somewhere that the elevation included will be the 10th greatest over the past 37 years.

Unfortunately it is March 7 and still too cold to go riding. (Yes, I know there are some crazies who ride in the snow, but flamingos are not at all related to penguins or other arctic foul.)

Watch this blog for the latest news from the Flamingo Team. Go Flamingos!!!!!

Listen to the Podcast for the Latest

I am sorry for not keeping up the written blog. Getting timely internet access is difficult on our RAGBRAI ride. I can only send 160 letters from my phone and it Verizon adds a bunch of advertising at the end.

I will be trying to keep you up-to-date through my podcast (see the Gcast buttons in the right column.) I can make these updates through my phone. The titles aren't too fancy (only tell you the date) but if you click on the right arrow in that box, it will play the latest. Click on the Posts button and it will give you a list of the podcasts that have been sent.

I will update the written part as is practical.

Hope that this is helpful.

Z

We MADE it!! 2007

Yes, we made it to the "Mighty Mississip" this afternoon. Our final town was Bellevue. You can see the four Flamingos who flew across Iowa with RAGBRAI this year. Theyy are (fom the left) Big Bird (Mike Knapp), Whiny Bird (Mica Lorenz), Weird BIRD (Juanita Williams), and Z-Bird (me-Leigh Zeitz). We are dipping our front wheels into the Mississippi to signify that we made it. What a trip!

Early Start on the Last Day

it's the last day and we got an early start. That means that we woke up at 5:30 but for some reason we still did't get on the road until 7:30.