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RAGBRAI 2024 in Fairfield, Iowa

Fairfield, Iowa July 26, 2024: Fairfield welcomes thousands of RAGBRAI riders Andy Hallman article in the Southeast Iowa Union The city of Fairfield was turned into a cyclist’s paradise for one day on Friday, July 26, as 20,000 RAGBRAI riders descended on the town. The riders began their morning in Ottumwa, and stopped briefly in Eldon before coming to Fairfield to grab lunch, dance to live music, and rest their legs before hitting the road again and traveling to Brighton, Wayland, Trenton and eventually to their next overnight stop in Mt. Pleasant. Mt. Pleasant resident Holly Frary was on her maiden voyage of RAGBRAI, and has been training for this moment since February. In the previous five months, Frary logged 1,200 miles on her bicycle to get in shape. “I’ve cycled for many years, but never had the opportunity to take an entire week to ride,” she said. “This is the first opportunity I’ve had to ride the entire week, so I jumped.” Frary said the highlight of the ride so far has been an increased appreciation for her home. “I didn’t know that I could love Iowa and be more proud of this state, but RAGBRAI has proved me wrong,” she said. “The overall hospitality of the towns and the riders. I’ve met people from all over the world this week. When you’re riding with 20,000-30,000 people every day, you have that one common thread. You’re all here for the same passion, the same reason, and that’s really cool to me.” --------------------------------- Music in this video: ‘Higher Ground’ by Stevie Wonder performed by local Fairfield band The Riverdogs. Lyrics: People keep on learning Soldiers keep on warring World keep on turning 'Cause it won't be too long Powers keep on lying While your people keep on dying World keep on turning 'Cause it won't be too long I'm so darn glad He let me try it again 'Cause my last time on earth, I lived a whole world of sin I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then Going to keep on trying 'Til I reach my highest ground Teachers keep on teaching Preachers keep on preaching World keep on turning 'Cause it won't be too long Oh, no Lovers keep on loving Believers keep on believing Sleepers, just stop sleeping 'Cause it won't be too long Oh, no I'm so glad that He let me try it again 'Cause my last time on earth, I lived a whole world of sin I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then Going to keep on trying 'Til I reach my highest ground Woo --------------------------------- ‘Fairfield’ by Greg Brown performed by Jefferson County Green Band with Steve McLain. Lyrics: There's a whole lotta money in Fairfield, Fairfield, Fairfield Whole lotta money in Fairfield I'm gonna get me some Them floaters they come down here, down here, down here Them floaters they come down here Fix the whole town up If the floaters come to your town, your town, your town Floaters come to your town You might wanna stick around They meditate and get focused, focused, focused They do a little hocus pocus And the money just rolls in They know all 'bout computers, your New Age, and foreign food They do all that real good Fairfield's where to go Mount Pleasant isn't really, really, really Mount Pleasant isn't really And neither is Burlington Well, there ain't no money in Eldon, Pulaski, Keosauqua There's a little bit in Ottumwa But it's tighter than a drum Ah, the Quads are full of dope fiends, blown whores, methamphetamines Ball-capped boys and gambling And all this sort of stuff Fairfield used to be a shithole, a shithole, a shithole Fairfield used to be a shithole But take a look at it now There's a whole lotta money in Fairfield, Fairfield, Fairfield Whole lotta money in Fairfield I'm gonna get me some ------------------------ Video produced by Werner Elmker Audio-Visual Studio Werner Elmker is an award-winning independent Danish/American multimedia artist specializing in videography, photography, graphic design and piano/keyboard/vocal music. In his visual and musical creations, Werner emphasizes the importance of improvisation as the primary source of all great art forms. YouTube -    / wernerelmker   Facebook -   / elmker   Website - http://elmker.com