After a downright frosty January, talk of ice cream sundaes, lakeside camping and baseball games conjured summer memories as RAGBRAI announced its 2020 route through north-central Iowa Saturday night.
The 48th annualRegister's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa — pedaling from July 19 to 25 — will start in Le Marsand end in Clinton, home of the LumberKings minor league baseball team. In between, riders will stop overnight in Storm Lake, Fort Dodge, Iowa Falls, Waterloo, Anamosa and Maquoketa.
"There will be a lot of ice cream consumed on that weekend," said Kevin Richards, a bike shop owner in Le Mars.Home of Blue Bunny Ice Cream, the citybills itself as the "Ice Cream Capital of the World."