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Travel Day
Day 5 – Iguazu to Buenos Aires It looks like not much and it is only a two-hour flight, but there was an undescribed mechanical issue with our plane that started with an announcement that they were “rebooting the system” and that would take about 20 minutes. That announcement was followed by radio silence for
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Kayaking the Parana River
Day 4 – another beautiful sunny day Today was a fun day with the primary activity of driving out to La Lorenza, the private reserve of Emilio and Picu White about 1.5 hours from the National Park. Emilio is a well-known nature photographer in Argentina and a book of his photography is in each room
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Iguazu Falls…
Day 3 – Bicycles, a jungle truck, a speed boat, and a train Today was another beautiful sunny day in Iguazu. We had an early start to the day with a 6:30 am pick up to go to a nearby ‘village’ for some bicycle riding. It really wasn’t much riding, but it was a two-hour
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Iguazu Falls
Dec 16 Today we flew from Buenos Aires to Iguazu Falls. Rain was in the forecast, but it was a beautiful sunny day by the time our plane landed in Iguazu. We had an opportunity to walk the upper trail loop on the Argentina side of the falls. Here are a few of the photos
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Buenos Aires
Dec 15 – City Center tour and Tango We arrived in Buenos Aires and were transferred to our hotel before hopping on a bus to go to the city center for a brief walking tour. We saw the “pink house,” where the president of Argentina does business, as well as the inside of the cathedral
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RAGBRAI Day 7
Oelwein to Guttenburg, IA. 65 miles and 2500 feet of climbing Well, our string of rain free riding days came to an end today. We had rain for about 15 to 20 miles of the day. It was a warm rain so the ride wasn’t impacted too much. Also, I am so grateful that when
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RAGBRAI Day 6
Cedar Falls to Oelwein, 38 miles Today was a nice recovery day riding to Oelwein, which had a duck theme. I am unsure how they landed on that, but it gave them a theme. We stopped in several towns along today’s route. One of them had an older gentleness and lady who had made hula
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RAGBRAI DAY 5
Iowa Falls to Cedar Falls: 51 miles, 1400 ft of climbing and lots of downhill. Today was a fun day of riding. A cloudy day with the wind at our backs for part of the day and more descent than ascent. It was also a relatively short distance with some fun town stops along the
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RAGBRAI DAY 4
Forest City to Iowa Falls 69 miles of brutal headwind and heat and humidity Other than the weather, this was a calm day compared to what we saw yesterday. The towns we stopped i. We’re much smaller and didn’t do quite as much…other than providing food and beverage options. Since it was a quiet day
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RAGBRAI Day 2
Milford to Estherville 44 miles Today was a shorter riding day highlighted by a bit of time in Minnesota, which was a first for RAGBRAI. Our first stop in a park in Jackson County Minnesota, included a visit with the ladies from the SPAM museum in Austin, MN. Who knew there are so many flavors
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