Ghosts of RAGBRAI® past

— Part 3

 

CRESCO - The Housing Committee, with Shirley and Dave Sovereign as co-chairs, need more locals to sign up as a host family for RAGBRAI® riders and support personnel. This short 8-9-week series will hopefully encourage others to sign up as hosts. Past host families will share their experiences and prove it is a once, twice or three-time (or more) opportunity to meet new people from around the world on Thursday, July 27!
Barb and Dale Lickteig: RAGBRAI® XLV will be the Lickteig’s third time to host the same group of riders, Team Megawatt, who hail from the Ankeny area. Dale said they have a great time with the overnighters. “The last time, we sat up to the wee hours of the morning with them.”
He said he is looking foward to hosting the group again. “If you know me, I like to visit. I don’t text. I don’t do Facebook. I like to visit face-to-face.” 
As a host, he commented that not much is expected of the host family. At his house, the women want to use the shower, but the guys have their own thing rigged up on the bus.
Of the riders he has met, Dale noted, “You don’t have to put on airs. They are just ordinary people like yourself. They are the most polite people. Most times they will leave you a token gift.”
Helping out the town and giving some riders a place to stay for the night is like paying it forward. “It’s just Iowa hospitality.”

Cresco Times

Phone: 563-547-3601
Fax: 563-547-4602

Address:
Cresco TPD
214 N. Elm Street
Cresco, IA 52136

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