RAGBRAI in two words: ‘witnessing moments’
A conversation with a first-timer on RAGBRAI reminded me what this meandering sweaty pilgrimage really means. She boiled it down to two words: witnessing moments.
Register defeats NPR’s No Pie Refused in sequel RAGBRAI pie-eating contest
Des Moines Register President David Chivers was the anchor in the rematch victory.
Rocking the RAGBRAI road with the Iowa State Patrol
"Even with milliseconds at a time, you and the cyclists build relationships throughout the week."
Rider’s ‘BarnBRAI’ counts our fading farm landscape
He's a rolling archaeologist sizing up the very bones of our agriculture before modernization erased the need for so many farmsteads.
A feast of meat and memories on the first ‘Mr. Pork Chop Day’
Pork chops can make grown men and women cry this time of year in Iowa -- this summer more than ever.
RAGBRAI is just one leg of this all-summer honeymoon
Sunday was day 43 of an Iowa couple's two-wheeled romance on the open road. They haven't been home since they set out June 4 by car to the West Coast ...
‘Mr. Pork Chop’ leaves behind meaty RAGBRAI legacy
If there's any justice in this life or the next, Wednesday's lunch special in heaven was a thick, juicy slab of Iowa pork chop served on a paper towel.
Good and bad luck of another unforgettable RAGBRAI
Amid tragedy and serendipity, you can't make this stuff up.
Sisters in diapers ride as ‘the babies’ of RAGBRAI
Teresa Condon and Tracy Henriksen have fun in their infant costumes.
