Day 4 Preview

Day 4 will take us 78 miles from Ames to Iowa's twin cities, Tama & Toledo. Here is how the RAGBRAI website describes the day:

"This day's 78-mile ride sets out on one of the longest of RAGBRAI's traverses of the Lincoln Highway, through Nevada, Colo and State Center, to name just a few of the towns. All along the way are remnants of businesses that sprang up along the old two-lane highway in the first half of the last century. The route will take riders along the fringes of the Meskwaki Indian Settlement on the way to the overnight in Iowa's twin cities of Tama and Toledo."

The routes goes something like this:

Ames to Nevada: 12 miles
Nevada to Colo: 7 miles
Colo to State Center: 8.5 miles
State Center to Albion: 16.5 miles
Albion to Green Mountain: 10.6 miles
Green Mountain to LeGrand: 9.4 miles
LeGrand to Montour: 6.1 miles
Montour to Tama/Toledo: 7.8 miles

My mom will be joining us for RAGBRAI on Wednesday night/Thursday so it will be great to see her, (she's not riding, just there to gawk). Wednesday is also "laundry day" since we are close to Aunt Karol's house as well as Grandpa's. After day 4, we will be over halfway there and headed for the home stretch!