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Scenes from RAGBRAI’s visit to Fairfield
Cyclists make the turn from East Burlington Avenue to Glasgow Road Friday morning on their way out of Fairfield.
ANDY HALLMAN/Ledger photo Cyclists make the turn from East Burlington Avenue to Glasgow Road Friday morning on their way out of Fairfield.
ANDY HALLMAN/Ledger photo Terry Baker, right, of the Fairfield Convention & Visitors Bureau had the chance to meet the Steampunk Pope (R.J. Lundgren) and his sidekick Molly Ketchum during RAGBRAI's visit to Fairfield Thursday.
ANDY HALLMAN/Ledger photo Alex Slagle of Bike World Iowa fixes a bike tire's spoke Thursday in Fairfield. Slagle said Bike World Iowa followed RAGBRAI all week repairing bicycles.
Sidewalk chalk proclaiming the arrival of the Steampunk Society of Southeast Iowa.
Cyclists leave town on their way to Stockport, Salem and finally Burlington, where they would spend Friday night before venturing to Keokuk the following day.
Members of the Feist Club Burlesque perform.
ANDY HALLMAN/Ledger photo Fred Zajdel, left, and Nino Pacini ride a tandem bicycle into downtown Fairfield. The two are members of the RAGBRAI team Adaptive Sports Iowa, which accommodates riders with disabilities, such as providing special bikes for those in a wheelchair, and pairing blind athletes with sighted riders on a tandem bike.
ANDY HALLMAN/Ledger photo Paul Carolan of Minneapolis, Minnesota, orders a pizza from Dang Brother Pizza, one of the vendors set up in downtown Fairfield. Carolan said it was his 16th RAGBRAI, and that he has fond memories of his visit to Fairfield in 1997. 'I love Fairfield. The people have been very friendly, and I like that the bands started playing early in the afternoon. That hasn't been true of the other towns.'
ANDY HALLMAN/Ledger photo For two hours Carter Thompson walked around wearing this advertisement of the meatloaf supper at the First United Methodist Church.
