We had a nice chat with some riders from Chicago this morning while we were waiting for the bus. They're public defenders and I got to scratch a little of my Washingtonian "what do you do?" itch.
The bus ride was okay, air conditioned and with a power strip for the phone, but I would have been more comfortable if I'd taken my Bonine first.
Once we got into camp and reclaimed the tandem, we tried hard to push some more fluids and find some food. There were no food vendors in camp, so we caught the shuttle bus downtown to find someplace that met the "I want to sit down in ac and have someone bring me food" criteria.
Awesome RAGBRAI moment, we were relaxing at a table waiting for our server when a woman asked if she could join us. So of course we said yes, and had a delightful chat with Emily from Portland. Better still though, she turned us on to a woman in town offering her home to bikers tonight, so I called and we'll be headed over there tonight to sleep in a real bed in ac.
As Emily said as we were finishing, a kismet moment.
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