I vaguely remember from my school days that "Pork Bellies" was a
derisive slang term for the sutlers & other camp-following "merchants"
who trailed along behind the the Union Armies during the American Civil
War ... derived from the belly being the lowest part of the pig.
Today they'd be described as whale-shit, there being nothing lower
because it's on the bottom of the ocean.
On 8/1/2015 10:00 PM, Don Guthrie wrote:
Thanks Igor, the tent at sunset seems to a favorite anytime I show
these. So thanks to PDML folks for confirming that.
The organized tents are indeed part of paid service so that when
riders hit town the riders are directed to their spot where tents
sleeping bags hot showers and I maybe food is waiting for them. The
purveyors are called the "Pork Bellies" the pig being the unofficial
mascot due in no small part to my sister -in-law's art. I think the
price is around $100 per day but the hot showers alone are almost
worth that after riding 60 miles in humid Iowa.
I went by this spot at noon just after they were set up. I visualized
how this would look at sunset and returned with the K-3 & 50mm and
went on to the other two camps pictured. The less organized camp was a
riding club who reserved the spot. By the way many riders carry their
sleeping bags etc on the bikes and sleep where they drop.
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Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:32:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org>
To: PDML@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Geso :Tour De Farms
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I especially like the photo of the tent-camp with the (morning?)
sun shining on it (52329).
While I see one photo with different tents, I am surprised to see such a
uniform camp in that photo. Is it some type of a tent-hotel, provided
by some organization/company?
Igor
On Jul 30, 2015, at 5:32 PM, Donald Guthrie wrote:
Every year for the last 40, thousands (20,000 est this year) gather in
western Iowa to ride their bikes from the Missouri river to the Mississippi
river in one week 60-70miles a day. . They ride everything from unicycles to
tandem tricycles. They are all ages, sizes, and both sexes (more men than
women) It is a different route each year and many ride year after year. Some
of them start the ride by biking the route from east to west and then joining
the others for the return. They eat a lot of carbs drink lots of beer and
profess to have a great time. Many find out that Iowa is not as flat as they
had heard.
I rode a very short way with them. BTW my brother dubbed the ride Tour de
farms many years ago and made a tidy sum for many years selling T-shirts on
the ride with the slogan and original artwork by his wife.
This year they stopped in my hometown and here is small gallery of their
stop. Some Pentax; some not. C&C as always.
https://www.flickr.com/gp/valdon/J65M49
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