https://velodromedary.com/tags/iowa/ Recent content in Iowa on Velodromedary Hugo en-us Mon, 04 Aug 2014 06:30:00 +0000 https://velodromedary.com/post/bike-touring-iowa-wisconsin/ Mon, 04 Aug 2014 06:30:00 +0000 https://velodromedary.com/post/bike-touring-iowa-wisconsin/ <p>I’m back from a euphoria-inducing 8-day, <a href="http://ridewithgps.com/trips/3109840">600-mile</a> bike camping tour across Iowa and Wisconsin.</p> <p><a href="http://ridewithgps.com/trips/3109840"></a></p> <p>The ride combined RAGBRAI (a 15,000-person group ride across Iowa with pork chops, pie, live music, and beer in tiny towns along the way) and a solo ride across beautiful, rural Southwest Wisconsin.</p> <p>The mix of mostly good weather, wildlife (fireflies, startled rabbits, and red-winged blackbirds), friendly strangers, no email, the ability to improvise and change plans on the spot (the flexibility of carrying a tent…), and plenty of time to ride alone and drift between states of present observation and introspection  are why I always come back to bike touring…</p>