RAGBRAI L (50th): Embrace the Adventure (July 2023)

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RAGBRAI 2023 (the 50th, but my 1st!) was a 500-mile journey across Iowa from Sioux City to Davenport. As I discovered, this one definitely required some training (which I didn't do) and additional perseverance. The heat was a particularly challenging factor. Regardless, it was extremely fun and definitely an adventure in its truest sense.

It's hard to describe RAGBRAI: it's a bicycling event (duh!), a food festival, a mobile state fair, a string of small town parties, a bike expo and a concert series. There's A LOT going on. Two weeks later, I'm still recovering.

OVERVIEW:
0:00:00 Introduction
0:03:19 Day 0: getting to Sioux City
0:09:15 Day 1: Sioux City to Storm Lake
0:14:45 Day 2: Storm Lake to Carroll
0:18:22 Day 3: Carroll to Ames
0:27:07 Day 4: Ames to Des Moines
0:33:08 Day 5: Des Moines to Tama-Toledo
0:41:49 Day 6: Tama-Toledo to Coralville
0:50:53 Day 7: Coralville to Davenport

OTHER MOMENTS:
0:05:50 How to explain RAGBRAI?
0:12:43 Sometimes, it is the RAGBWAI: "...Walk Across Iowa"
0:25:19 Iowa State Stadium reception!
0:32:17 My lowest point of the entire ride
0:37:51 The HEAT wasn't playin
0:49:58 The STORMS are coming--TAKE COVER!!
0:51:11 University of Iowa Stadium reception!
0:55:33 One of my favorite moments (stops)
0:56:47 My new training beverage!
1:01:53 The Dip in the Mississippi

MUSIC SELECTIONS (in video sequence):
"The Dimming" Goldfinch
"Train Ride" Marscott
"Sunlight" The Wild Wind
"Rebels of Our Own Kind" Van Stee
"Away with You" Hotham
"Summer" Greg McKay
"Who Else Would Walk Through These Shadows With Me" The Soundkeeper
"Fever" Yellen
"And My Heavy Heart Found Its Wings Once Again" The Soundkeeper
"Never Die" Step Rockets
"These Moments Live" Abstract Aprils
"The Path" Pete James Johnson
and again..."The Dimming" Goldfinch

OTHER NOTES:
* I ride a Trek Checkpoint ALR5.
* This video was filmed on a GoPro 11 Black (4K/24fps, Linear mode), Insta360 One X, iPhone 13 Max Pro and edited in Final Cut Pro X.
* You can contact me at: [email protected]

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(Bryan Wehmeyer, @2023)