On The Road Again

Monte left this morning for Iowa. He's meeting up with the RAGBRAI crew in Indianola on Tuesday. Yes, he is biking all the way from Minneapolis to Indianola, then onto Burlington, IA. He initially took off from the house yesterday after the Tour de Fat, but called me about an hour and a half later to say his bike "broke". He'll have to explain what exactly happened, but something with the rear tire and it was serious enough that I had to go pick him up and bring him back home. 

So after switching out the rear tire on his Bob Brown, he was good to go, but waited to take off again until this morning. Otherwise he would not have made it to his initial 1st overnight destination near Waseca because it would have been dark. 

Monte called me about an hour ago saying he had made it to Northfield and everything was going well. He plans to bike all the way to Clear Lake, IA today. Since he has all day, it should definitely be possible. 

He is riding with all of his gear on the back of his bike, just like he did for RAGBRAI last summer. Justin is meeting up with him near Indianola as well, so they will ride together Tues-Sat. Here's a pic right before he left us yesterday. Best picture of them yet.