Monday, July 25, 2011

RAGBRAI 39 - Day 2 (Atlantic to Carroll)

Short update.  It was very hilly again today, but I have some good pictures to share.  I'm having trouble finding convenient locations to get Internet access and/or keep my gear charged.

I'm sitting at a coffee shop at the moment...hoping my devices get charged some before they close up.

Just real briefly...

Elkhorn... very cool.  Had an old dutch windmill, and there's a guy there who collects older military vehicles.  He had several in the downtown area to take a look at including a 1945 M5A1 Stuart tank(Will might recognize it), and the tracked snow vehicle I drove when I was on an exercise in Norway when I was in the Marines.

Manning.... had an old German Hausbarn that someone brought over from Germany in 1917ish....and rebuilt here.  Cool again.

Templeton...big bootlegger town.  They made rye whiskey there in the prohibition days and apparently it was very good and got smuggled all over the Midwest.  I wonder if you could have found it in Kely Wagle's house in Colchester back then.

Well the shop is closing so I have to go.

Matt

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