My RAGBRAI Story

A little corny, but cool in that crazy-how-life-happens way.

I did several RAGBARI’s in the late 80’s and early 90’s. On one of those rides I met a group of folks from Colorado. My life-long best friend fell in love with one of those Colorado boys and moved from Iowa to Denver to be with him. Soon after I graduated from college and needed a place to go. So, having this group of friends in Colorado, I chose Denver.

That circle of friends was very much my family away from family. They introduced me to more people and ultimately really helped me feel at home in Colorado. When I was in need of a part-time job to supplement the pennies I was earning as a social worker, one RAGBRAIer’s sister helped get me a part-time job at the Museum of Natural History (the name at the time).

Today, 13+ years after getting that first part-time job, I am still at the Museum as the director of human resources. My life-long best friend married that RAGBRAI guy and we each had two kids – within months and days of each other. The RAGBRAIer’s sister mentioned above left the Museum but is coming back next month herself in a director role. And that RAGBRAIer will be riding along with me this summer for our first ride since the early 90’s.