About the Skunks
Submitted by Wilcox on Mon, 2009-06-22 12:52A few folks form Ames did some early RAGBRAI's. In 1978 they decided to car-pool out for the ride. Needing a name for this new group, Team Skunk was decided upon. The next year a few more friends joined them and soon the team was a car-pool that got out of hand. Today Team Skunk has up to 120 full week riders on RAGBRAI plus a few more who only do part of the week.
Time to register
Submitted by Wilcox on Tue, 2010-01-12 16:34Good Afternoon Skunks, Just a warm reminded that Ragbrai registrations are now being accepted. The sooner you sign up the better. A quick review of the process: Register on the Ragbrai web site with SKUNK. Print a copy of the waiver, sign it and mail it and your payment to me at my home address, which I will give below. If you have friends or family who are planning on coming with us this year, please have them go through the same process. The official Ragbrai club/team meeting is on Jan 30th before the big route announcement party.
RAGBRAI XXXVIII
Submitted by Wilcox on Tue, 2009-10-20 15:54RAGBRAI XXXVIII registration opens in one month. Now is a great time to review your online profile and make any necessary changes. Have you moved? Do you have a new email address? These are important forms of contact that need to be accurate in order for you to receive correspondence from RAGBRAI.
To review your profile, go to entries.ragbrai.org; login with your username and password; click “Edit your profile,” located on the right side of the page; and update your profile as needed.
July 14 update
Submitted by Wilcox on Tue, 2009-07-14 12:28Hello Skunks!! Here's the scoop! Please watch your emails closely this week: BIKE LOADING IN AMES at 320 9th St. Jim Wilcox home phone # 233-3702. Please load on Friday July 17 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Please bring a large piece of cardboard. No inner tubes are needed. BIKE LOADING IN DSM (NEW LOCATION) at St. Pius Catholic School 3601 66th St. in Urbandale, just south of Bike World. We will load on Friday July 17 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Please bring cardboard, no inner tubes are needed. 515-669-6163 SAT. MORNING IN AMES: Load out of state bikes at 8:00 am in the McFarland West parking lot.
July 9 update
Submitted by Wilcox on Thu, 2009-07-09 08:28Hello Skunksters, Plans are slowly coming together for our ride this year. I will send an email next Monday outlining where we will be staying in each overnight community. I will also send you the location information and and times for loading bicycles on Friday night and on Sat. morning. Please bring a large piece of cardboard and a bike inner tube for loading purposes. This coming weekend, July 11, we will have a skunk ride leaving from Mike and Debbie Walsh's home in Ankeny at 1302 SE Cortina Drive. We will leave around 10:00 am for a 50ish mile bike ride.
Too Late to Train
Submitted by Wilcox on Wed, 2009-07-08 11:53July 16th
PASTIMES SPORTS BAR
ON HWY 69 ON EAST SIDE OF ROAD
LOCATED IN SOUTH END OF STRIP MALL NEXT TO SUBWAY.
PLENTY OF PARKING
EXPECTING UP TO 40 PPL FROM 6PM ON...
HAVE A VERY NICE PLACE, GOOD FOOD ( BAR FOOD ..BURGERS ETC ) LOTS OF BIG SCREENS, GOOD MUSIC, NICE SEATING.
HAVE AN OUTSIDE BEER GARDEN, AGAIN NICELY FURNISHED WITH TABLES/UMBRELLAS
OWNERS: SEAN MCCORMICK AND CURT ACCOLA, TWO HUXLEY RESIDENTS AND DES MOINES POLICE OFFICERS...GREAT PEOPLE.
SHOULD BE A GOOD TIME
