TykeClone's Journal: RAGBRAI

I live and work in a small town in northern Iowa (population around 600), and today RAGBRAI came through town.

RAGBRAI is a bicycle ride across Iowa that has been sponsored by the Des Moines Register for about 30 years now. From what I understand, about 10,000 riders participate in the event.

This is an exciting event and gave us a chance to sell breakfast and do some fundraising, but it is a lot of work! They come through in a group, eat their way through town, and then move on - like a horde of locusts.

We got through the day fairly well. The only real SNAFU that we ran into was that the transformer leading into the EMS building was smoking. We had a waffle guy in making waffles and we were also serving eggs - everything drawing pretty good current. By about 9am this morning, the transformer was smoking and we had to shut down power to the building. A farmer brought in a generator so we could continue serving, but we lost some sales because of that.

It's the end of what's been a long day, but it was (as it usually is!) an enjoyable event!