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Permalink Reply by Larry on June 25, 2011 at 3:56pm

This will be number four for me....  Feel free to ask any questions that you might have.,,,

Permalink Reply by felix on June 25, 2011 at 4:48pm

Thanks. It sounds like teams are the ideal way to go. Do most participate with teams? How have you done it in the past?

Permalink Reply by Larry on June 26, 2011 at 1:17am

I have gone with a team each year....  The first year, I was trying to do everything on my own....  I was going to do long term parking at the finish and a charter to the start....  A friend who lives in Iowa (but doesn't ride) hooked me up with some of his neighbors that had a team....  It wasn't that much more to join the team than it would have been for the parking and the charter....  I would guess that over half of that people use a team or a charter service of some sort....

Permalink Reply by felix on June 26, 2011 at 2:42am

So, did you drive to Iowa and than park at the charter pick up site? If so, did you have to pay to park there?

Larry said:

I have gone with a team each year....  The first year, I was trying to do everything on my own....  I was going to do long term parking at the finish and a charter to the start....  A friend who lives in Iowa (but doesn't ride) hooked me up with some of his neighbors that had a team....  It wasn't that much more to join the team than it would have been for the parking and the charter....  I would guess that over half of that people use a team or a charter service of some sort....

Permalink Reply by Larry on June 26, 2011 at 5:25am

That was the original plan until I hooked up with the team....  My first year I went with a team from Coralville....  My friend that used to live there lives in West Branch now....  I left my car at my friends and he drove me to where the team was leaving from....  The last two years, I went with a team from Evansdale....  I drove there and took the team bus from there....  The team had a place in Evansdale where we could leave our cars....  This year, I am going with a team that is leaving from Davenport....  We are camping in Davenport Friday night and leaving on our bus on Saturday....  They have secured free parking for team members where we are camping in Davenport....