Photos: RAGBRAI riders arrive in Anamosa

Day five of RAGBRAI took riders from Waterloo into Linn and Jones counties with stops in Center Point and Central City before a night in Anamosa

Andy Abeyta

Jul. 29, 2021 11:42 pm, Updated: Jul. 30, 2021 2:33 pm

RAGBRAI riders pass down Country Home Road near Viola on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

RAGBRAI riders pass down Central City road on their way out of Center Point on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Steve Lawrence of Central City stands in his front yard to spray RAGBRAI riders with water to cool them down as his bare-eyed cockatoo, Leuchen, rests on his shoulder in Central City on Thursday, July 29, 2021. Lawrence took the day off work and had a few friends over to watch riders pass by and help them however he could as they passed down his street on their way out of town. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Sisters Anastasia (left), 8, and Elaina Kendall, 7, of Center Point hand out free water to riders as they pass by on Central City Road in Alice, Iowa on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

RAGBRAI rider Charles Friede of San Raphael, California, cools off with a bottle of water dumped over his head during a quick stop on the side of the road on his way out of Center Point on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

RAGBRAI rider Tanya Zielinski of Grapevine, Texas, cools off in a sprinkler set up on Main Street in Central City on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

A sign in the window of Central City Family Pharmacy advertises COVID-19 vaccines as RAGBRAI riders pass by on the sidewalk in Central City on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

RAGBRAI rider J.D. Peiffer of St. Louis splashes through a slip-n-slide set up in Center Point on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

RAGBRAI riders take a break along the century loop outside of Central City on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

RAGBRAI riders fill up their water bottles in Central City on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

RAGBRAI riders pass by grain bins beyond a corn field in Central City on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

RAGBRAI riders line up fro food and drinks while stopped at F.B. & Company outside of Central City on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

RAGBRAI rider Joe Macejik of Brownsville, Minnesota, dumps a bottle of water over his head to cool off while outside of Center Point on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Team Angry riders Emily Post (from left), Jeff Eckel and Jerry Badders all of Omaha sit for a morning beer alongside the Team Checker bus parked in Center Point on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

7-time RAGBRAI participant Bruce Davis of Granton, Wisconsin, sets up his tent to get settled in for the night in Anamosa on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

A RAGBRAI participant takes a nap in one of the camping areas in Anamosa on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

RAGBRAI riders set up camp on the softball field in Anamosa on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Elaina Kendall, 7, of Central City holds up a bottle of water to be handed out to passing RAGBRAI riders in Alice, Iowa, on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

RAGBRAI riders pass down Central City Road in Alice, Iowa, on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

RAGBRAI riders pass down Central City road on their way out of Center Point on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Siblings Nolan, 5, and Harper Mae Pecinovsky, 2, of Coggon play in the water running down the street from the a sprinkling set up to cool off RAGBRAI riders in Central City on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

RAGBRAI riders check out vendors and activities in Central City on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

RAGBRAI riders line up fro food and drinks while stopped at F.B. & Company outside of Central City on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

A group of RAGBRAI riders stop and sit by the Wapsipinicon River at F.B. & Company outside of Central City on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Arnav Shah of New York City stops on his roller skates to meet up with a friend also completing RAGBRAI on skates while on the century loop stop at F.B. & Company outside of Central City on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Roller skating RAGBRAI participant Kent Sutherland of Madison, Wisconsin, takes a rest at F.B. & Company outside of Central City on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

RAGBRAI participant Arnav Shah of New York City rests in his roller skates at F.B. & Company outside of Central City on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

A RAGBRAI rider passes by a mural in Anamosa on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

7-time RAGBRAI participant Bruce Davis of Granton, Wisconsin, sets up his tent to get settled in for the night in Anamosa on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

RAGBRAI participant Cindy Berndt of Parker, Colorado, gets her tent set up with her husband in Anamosa on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

Anna Natcher of Scottsdale, Arizona, poses for a photo with Center Point-Urbana students Cole Werner (left), 16, Tucker Clark (center), 16, and Jacob Estevez (right), 16, dressed up for a post-prom party fundraiser at the RAGBRAI stop in Center Point on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

A pair of RAGBRAI rider bikes are seen parked in Center Point on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

RAGBRAI riders leave Center Point on Central City Road on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

A sign advertising cold beer is seen in downtown Central City on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

RAGBRAI riders pass down Main Street in Central City on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

RAGBRAI riders find shade to rest in Central City on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

A sign at the United Church of Christ welcomes RAGBRAI riders in Central City on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

RAGBRAI riders find space to rest in the shade in Central City on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

RAGBRAI riders leave Central City on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

The “God Bless America” statue by Seward Johnson is seen on display at the RAGBRAI stop in Anamosa on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

A RAGBRAI rider’s bike is seen parked upside down outside of a tent in Anamosa on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

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