So we're supposed to be on the team called "Team Stop-A-Lots." I begin to ask questions about:
* Where do we meet?
* How do we get from Des Moines (where Kenny and Ashley Bernstein live) to the start of Ragbrai?
* How do we get back to Des Moines after the ride?
* How do we get our stuff from one stop to the next?
* Etc.

While Kenny was trying to get these answered, he found out that "Team Stop-A-Lots" has no space and no longer wants "us!" Kenny was upset because they kept telling him, "You'll get the answers later..." "Later, you'll be in formed." When "later" came around, he found out that there was no more space for us.

So, Kenny went on a mad dash to find us a new team. You see, to be a part of a team, you have to have someone like "a sponsor,” someone who will vouch for you and put you in contact with the appropriate team leads. Most of the time, your sponsor has to live in Iowa or know the team contact personally; that makes it hard on a lot of out-of-staters to get in the ride... officially.

Kenny lucked out and found a really cool team called "Tall Dog".
http://www.talldog.org