North Iowa Tractor Ride Coming to Roland

This Saturday, July 20, the North Iowa Tractor Ride is coming to Roland. We aren't exactly North Iowa, but it is sponsored by some radio stations in the Mason City market. They are starting in Ames, and going out to Ledges State Park on Friday I believe, and then on Saturday, they will be coming to Roland.

There will be about 200 tractors. They will be arriving in waves starting at 10:30AM. They will have lunch at the Roland Community Center, with proceeds going to help support the Community Center. The RADC is putting this on. I think Bergen Church may also be having an ice cream stand.

So it is not quite RAGBRAI, but it is similar, in that we are going to have a large group of out of towners coming into Roland, in slow moving vehicles.

If you want to watch, or avoid traffic, here is where they are coming/going. They will be coming from Ames, up Dayton, and then turning to the east down E-29, past the Milford School. They will then turn north up R-77/Cottonwood (I think they may be turning east on Locust, and then driving north on Main past the school).

To leave, they will be going out Maple/E-18 all the way to the County Line Road, and then south into Ames.

They will be moving about 10MPH or so, so be careful if you are out driving around in the country. The last of them will leave around 12:30PM or so. We will have Main Street closed off, so you will be able to go up and look at the tractors as they are parked. Or you can simply sit along the streets and watch them drive by.

It is a nice thing we can host this, and that they chose Roland. Here is an article that talks about it.