XXIX

Ragbrai XXIX

Sioux City to Muscatine

505 miles

Going out to RAGBRAI, on Friday July 20th, we got a flat in Nebraska. On the right, JYD is checking out the tread that we lost on the tire.

After a great Night at Tish's Restaurant in Council Bluffs, we drove up to Onawa, north of Council Bluffs, and rode to Sioux City. We went north on 10th street in Onawa, which turned into highway 75. We stopped in every town up highway 75. The ride was about 35 to 40 miles from Onawa to Sioux City.

Saturday Night July 21

Sioux City, Iowa at the Pylelo House

John and his wife Judy were wonderful hosts to Team RedDog and Team Cocktail. They opened their house to us, ate with us, partied with us and even brought out some Muscatel for Wild Bill, JYD, HotWeels. JYD was up till 3:00 in the morning drinking shooters! Those of us that wanted to sleep inside the house were able to, but not RoadRunner, he sleeps in his tent every night! Team RedDogs would like to thank the Pylelo Family for their wonderful hospitality!

7:30 a.m. Sunday Morning, John and Judy sat with Team Cocktail and the RedDogs for a team picture before RAGBRAI XXIX started.

From Left: Wild Bill, John Pylelo, TD, HotWeels, and far back is WilltheThrill. John our host threw a great part for us at his bar.

From Left: Denz, John Pylelo our host, and Juice. They are enjoying Johns hospitality at the bar.

TD is feeling no pain this night!

Team Cocktail and some RedDogs enjoying John's back yard Saturday afternoon.

A great party in the backyard!!!

Again this year, we saw the BUD Pope on RAGBRAI XXIX. He was there to bless all of the riders and to pray that we all keep the rubber side down.

Sunday July 22

Storm Lake, Iowa

Jim and Lisa Shima from Team Plungers let the RedDogs sleep at their place in Storm Lake. They were wonderful hosts. We put out the chairs in their front yard, and sat around with the plungers, Team Cocktail, and Team Hot until close to midnight. Jim, Lisa, thanks for the friendship that we have had through the years.

Is this an imposter? Where is the real BudPope?

Jeff? ...... Jeff? .......
Jeffffffff ......

We need you - Who is that with the Dark Princess?

Denz - She is 17!!!!!!!! Just because she saw your BUTT!!!

The Party Dawgs!!!! Ya Gotta love RAGBRAI

The 3 Amigos!

Hey RedDogs, for some reason, I don't have any host pictures from Dennison!!!! Please send me yours. What a fantastic host family. Sitting up until 2:00 in the morning chatting with them. Remember the great dinner Don fixed for us? Chicken, Baked Potatoes, Salad, Bread, Wine!!!! Remember the great snacks our host family provided for us when we arrived!!!!! Sitting by the road watching all the riders go up the street? I need pictures pronto!!!!!

I need Pictures

Of Dennison and

Host family!!!!

As you can see, TD and Denz needed a little shelter from the rain as we all hydrated in a bar for a couple of hours.

We took a detour through Marne, Iowa. The newspaper said that very few people went to Marne. Well if you count 3000 or more people, very few, then I guess you are right. Only 3000 people went to Marne. It was one of the best stops on the ride!

Kim and Shawn's House - Atlantic Iowa

Tuesday July 24, 2001

Kim and Shawn - We had such a great time at your house. We had pizza on the front lawn, Team Hot brought our lost little boy, Junk Yard Dog home to us, and we spent the afternoon at Marne - you know the town that no one went to!!!!!! I guess 3000 people don't count. Then we ended the day with Kim and Shawn in Atlantic - you couldn"t ask for a better day. Thank you Kim and Shawn.

Here is a look at the dawgs as we get ready to enter a hydration establishment. Starting in the front: Tri-Man, Wabbit. 2nd Row Wojo, ButtDr. Back Row: Juice, JYD, Wild Bill, Road Runner, Capt. Kirk, Ginsu, Denz, RocketMan, and TD.

Celil Streeter's House - Perry, Iowa

Wednesday July 25, 2001

We had a great night in Perry. Chris, Debbie, and Dave joined us from PsychoMutts for the day. We had Chicken, Salad, Baked Potato, Bread, Wine for dinner. It was a great night for sleeping. We got up took our normal 7:30 team Picture, and started up a pool. Everyone put in $1.00 in to the Kiddy and picked a color they thought would be the color of Lynn's Bathing Suit for that day. The Color ended up to be a yellow top and a black bottom. The winners of the pool for this day was Wild Bill, and Capt. Kirk.

You have to stop and have breakfast every once in a while. Here, Road Runner, Wild Bill, and Denz are having eggs, bacon, toast, and Beer at 8:00 a.m.

Jim Onthank Place - Grinnell, Iowa

Thursday July 26, 2001

After a 100 mile day, we had Stakes, Salad, Bread, Wine, Corn on the Cob. Team Hot joined us and we had a great little party until midnight. RAGBRAI - Ya gotta Love it!!!

Denz, JYD, and Capt. Kirk stopped to have a little refreshment before continuing the ride!

Will anyone claim this Dog???????

Sharon Stubbs's Place - Coralville, Iowa

Friday July 27, 2001

What a sweet hart Sharon was. She came out and sat with us and chatted about her town and RAGBRAI. Some of us went into town, while others stayed in camp for the night. It was a very pleasant evening for all.

Here are a couple of Sniff Girls - Rita, and Tigger. Of course Denz is in the middle of those two great gals. Denz, I know I wish I was in your place right now!!!

Muscatine Iowa - Finnish Line

Saturday July 28, 2001

At the end of the trip, you have to dip your front tire in the Mississippi.

Everyone is getting ready to ride down to the Mississippi to end the ride!

Road Runner, Dark Princess, and Smile Doc getting ready to pack up and head home!

To Be Continued............

We made headlines in a Denver Magazine called Go-Go Magazine. There is a large article on RAGBRAI and we are in it!! I took out the part about our team and posted it below.

Next I found Team Red Dog, based in Colorado but boasting members this year from six different states. Considering my mother was hoping to hitch a ride home with them on their bus, we were pleased as country punch to see their red jerseys zigzagging through the crowd in Quimby. After some time, the tour director for Red Dog, Rich "T.D." Lyons, cruised into town. I spotted the fit, strawberry-blonde, 40-something Highlands Ranch resident from a distance and approached, and Rich gave me the scoop: of the 20-some members, ordinarily about 12 or 13 are from Colorado, but this year only nine were able to join them. So why is he the tour director for this motley crew? Because, quite simply, "Somebody had to do it," and he's "good at organization."

(I later discovered through someone else that Rich is, in fact, one of the founding members of Team Red Dog, along with teammates Wendy Martin and Alan Lees.) I then asked an apparently stupid question. "What do you do in Denver?" He hesitated a moment before regretfully informing me, "We're not allowed to talk about work on the ride. So ... I bike." I smiled invitingly. He continued in a friendly tone: "It's a team rule. If I get caught talking about work I have to buy everyone I see a round. So! It gets expensive." His turn to smile. We then scheduled a team photo shoot for 7:30 the next morning and parted ways.

About that, fellas ... the team pic didn't come out, and I'm really sorry. It's funny, you see, because a lot of the people on the team had me take the picture with their cameras, too, so they each probably have an entirely suitable copy. But alas, mine was too blurry to even sneak into print. But look at teammate Bob Wilson, the Colorado Cyclist! (Pictured far left, facing page.) He looks good, right? I saw Bob and figured that his jersey alone justified my entire assignment. Despite the blurry team photo, it was not at all a wasted morning; I befriended Rick Rounds from Dayton, Ohio, simply because his jersey promoted "I'm an Arrogant Bastard Ale," and I always talk to arrogant bastards just on principle. He met some members of Team Red Dog while doing the annual "Ride the Rockies" bicycle ride in Colorado a few years back. Next I met Dan Marshall, who just finished cycling 21,000 miles around the world with teammate "Wild Bill" Huseman. The best place to ride? "Iowa!" he proclaimed loudly enough to be appreciated by all, including their gracious host family. Most difficult? "Death Mountain, Costa Rica." Yeah. As if the name's not a total giveaway.

Dan sneaked away, so I introduced myself to the infinitely charming Katie Martin from St. Louis, daughter of team co-founder Wendy Martin. She's supertoned and all smiles with fantastic white-blonde hair. I asked her how old she was, and she pulled me close to whisper confidentially, "Sssshhhh ... 17." I think the team thinks she's 21. Do not despair-- your secret is safe with me, Katie! I'll publish it in a magazine your whole team will read, but I'll never say it out loud! I then asked Katie how the ride was going, and she excitedly answered, "Good! I made yesterday ... I'm tired, and I'm sore, but I'm ready for another day." And will she come back next year? "If I make it through this!"

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Ragbrai XXIX Sioux City to Muscatine 505 miles
Going out to RAGBRAI, on Friday July 20th, we got a flat in Nebraska. On the right, JYD is checking out the tread that we lost on the tire.
After a great Night at Tish's Restaurant in Council Bluffs, we drove up to Onawa, north of Council Bluffs, and rode to Sioux City. We went north on 10th street in Onawa, which turned into highway 75. We stopped in every town up highway 75. The ride was about 35 to 40 miles from Onawa to Sioux City.
Saturday Night July 21 Sioux City, Iowa at the Pylelo House John and his wife Judy were wonderful hosts to Team RedDog and Team Cocktail. They opened their house to us, ate with us, partied with us and even brought out some Muscatel for Wild Bill, JYD, HotWeels. JYD was up till 3:00 in the morning drinking shooters! Those of us that wanted to sleep inside the house were able to, but not RoadRunner, he sleeps in his tent every night! Team RedDogs would like to thank the Pylelo Family for their wonderful hospitality!
7:30 a.m. Sunday Morning, John and Judy sat with Team Cocktail and the RedDogs for a team picture before RAGBRAI XXIX started.
From Left: Wild Bill, John Pylelo, TD, HotWeels, and far back is WilltheThrill. John our host threw a great part for us at his bar.		From Left: Denz, John Pylelo our host, and Juice. They are enjoying Johns hospitality at the bar.
TD is feeling no pain this night!			Team Cocktail and some RedDogs enjoying John's back yard Saturday afternoon.
A great party in the backyard!!!
Again this year, we saw the BUD Pope on RAGBRAI XXIX. He was there to bless all of the riders and to pray that we all keep the rubber side down.
Sunday July 22 Storm Lake, Iowa Jim and Lisa Shima from Team Plungers let the RedDogs sleep at their place in Storm Lake. They were wonderful hosts. We put out the chairs in their front yard, and sat around with the plungers, Team Cocktail, and Team Hot until close to midnight. Jim, Lisa, thanks for the friendship that we have had through the years.
Is this an imposter? Where is the real BudPope?			Jeff? ...... Jeff? ....... Jeffffffff ...... We need you - Who is that with the Dark Princess?
Denz - She is 17!!!!!!!! Just because she saw your BUTT!!! The Party Dawgs!!!! Ya Gotta love RAGBRAI
The 3 Amigos!


Hey RedDogs, for some reason, I don't have any host pictures from Dennison!!!! Please send me yours. What a fantastic host family. Sitting up until 2:00 in the morning chatting with them. Remember the great dinner Don fixed for us? Chicken, Baked Potatoes, Salad, Bread, Wine!!!! Remember the great snacks our host family provided for us when we arrived!!!!! Sitting by the road watching all the riders go up the street? I need pictures pronto!!!!!
			I need Pictures Of Dennison and Host family!!!!
As you can see, TD and Denz needed a little shelter from the rain as we all hydrated in a bar for a couple of hours.
We took a detour through Marne, Iowa. The newspaper said that very few people went to Marne. Well if you count 3000 or more people, very few, then I guess you are right. Only 3000 people went to Marne. It was one of the best stops on the ride!

Kim and Shawn's House - Atlantic Iowa Tuesday July 24, 2001


Kim and Shawn - We had such a great time at your house. We had pizza on the front lawn, Team Hot brought our lost little boy, Junk Yard Dog home to us, and we spent the afternoon at Marne - you know the town that no one went to!!!!!! I guess 3000 people don't count. Then we ended the day with Kim and Shawn in Atlantic - you couldn"t ask for a better day. Thank you Kim and Shawn.

Here is a look at the dawgs as we get ready to enter a hydration establishment. Starting in the front: Tri-Man, Wabbit. 2nd Row Wojo, ButtDr. Back Row: Juice, JYD, Wild Bill, Road Runner, Capt. Kirk, Ginsu, Denz, RocketMan, and TD.


Celil Streeter's House - Perry, Iowa Wednesday July 25, 2001
We had a great night in Perry. Chris, Debbie, and Dave joined us from PsychoMutts for the day. We had Chicken, Salad, Baked Potato, Bread, Wine for dinner. It was a great night for sleeping. We got up took our normal 7:30 team Picture, and started up a pool. Everyone put in $1.00 in to the Kiddy and picked a color they thought would be the color of Lynn's Bathing Suit for that day. The Color ended up to be a yellow top and a black bottom. The winners of the pool for this day was Wild Bill, and Capt. Kirk.
You have to stop and have breakfast every once in a while. Here, Road Runner, Wild Bill, and Denz are having eggs, bacon, toast, and Beer at 8:00 a.m.
Jim Onthank Place - Grinnell, Iowa Thursday July 26, 2001
After a 100 mile day, we had Stakes, Salad, Bread, Wine, Corn on the Cob. Team Hot joined us and we had a great little party until midnight. RAGBRAI - Ya gotta Love it!!!
Denz, JYD, and Capt. Kirk stopped to have a little refreshment before continuing the ride!


Will anyone claim this Dog???????
Sharon Stubbs's Place - Coralville, Iowa Friday July 27, 2001
What a sweet hart Sharon was. She came out and sat with us and chatted about her town and RAGBRAI. Some of us went into town, while others stayed in camp for the night. It was a very pleasant evening for all.
Here are a couple of Sniff Girls - Rita, and Tigger. Of course Denz is in the middle of those two great gals. Denz, I know I wish I was in your place right now!!!


Muscatine Iowa - Finnish Line Saturday July 28, 2001
At the end of the trip, you have to dip your front tire in the Mississippi.
Everyone is getting ready to ride down to the Mississippi to end the ride!
Road Runner, Dark Princess, and Smile Doc getting ready to pack up and head home!

To Be Continued............

We made headlines in a Denver Magazine called Go-Go Magazine. There is a large article on RAGBRAI and we are in it!! I took out the part about our team and posted it below.
Next I found Team Red Dog, based in Colorado but boasting members this year from six different states. Considering my mother was hoping to hitch a ride home with them on their bus, we were pleased as country punch to see their red jerseys zigzagging through the crowd in Quimby. After some time, the tour director for Red Dog, Rich "T.D." Lyons, cruised into town. I spotted the fit, strawberry-blonde, 40-something Highlands Ranch resident from a distance and approached, and Rich gave me the scoop: of the 20-some members, ordinarily about 12 or 13 are from Colorado, but this year only nine were able to join them. So why is he the tour director for this motley crew? Because, quite simply, "Somebody had to do it," and he's "good at organization."
(I later discovered through someone else that Rich is, in fact, one of the founding members of Team Red Dog, along with teammates Wendy Martin and Alan Lees.) I then asked an apparently stupid question. "What do you do in Denver?" He hesitated a moment before regretfully informing me, "We're not allowed to talk about work on the ride. So ... I bike." I smiled invitingly. He continued in a friendly tone: "It's a team rule. If I get caught talking about work I have to buy everyone I see a round. So! It gets expensive." His turn to smile. We then scheduled a team photo shoot for 7:30 the next morning and parted ways. About that, fellas ... the team pic didn't come out, and I'm really sorry. It's funny, you see, because a lot of the people on the team had me take the picture with their cameras, too, so they each probably have an entirely suitable copy. But alas, mine was too blurry to even sneak into print. But look at teammate Bob Wilson, the Colorado Cyclist! (Pictured far left, facing page.) He looks good, right? I saw Bob and figured that his jersey alone justified my entire assignment. Despite the blurry team photo, it was not at all a wasted morning; I befriended Rick Rounds from Dayton, Ohio, simply because his jersey promoted "I'm an Arrogant Bastard Ale," and I always talk to arrogant bastards just on principle. He met some members of Team Red Dog while doing the annual "Ride the Rockies" bicycle ride in Colorado a few years back. Next I met Dan Marshall, who just finished cycling 21,000 miles around the world with teammate "Wild Bill" Huseman. The best place to ride? "Iowa!" he proclaimed loudly enough to be appreciated by all, including their gracious host family. Most difficult? "Death Mountain, Costa Rica." Yeah. As if the name's not a total giveaway. Dan sneaked away, so I introduced myself to the infinitely charming Katie Martin from St. Louis, daughter of team co-founder Wendy Martin. She's supertoned and all smiles with fantastic white-blonde hair. I asked her how old she was, and she pulled me close to whisper confidentially, "Sssshhhh ... 17." I think the team thinks she's 21. Do not despair-- your secret is safe with me, Katie! I'll publish it in a magazine your whole team will read, but I'll never say it out loud! I then asked Katie how the ride was going, and she excitedly answered, "Good! I made yesterday ... I'm tired, and I'm sore, but I'm ready for another day." And will she come back next year? "If I make it through this!"

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