For the first two days of RAGBRAI, riders, both out-of-state tourists and Iowans, talked about going to Greenfield, the southwest Iowa town struck by an EF4 tornado May 21. But a mile outside Fontanelle, reality set in.  That reality — the devastation Greenfield saw just two months and two days ago — conflicted with just how startling normal Tuesday felt. Greenfield served as the meeting town for Day 3 of the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. The tornado destroyed and damaged hundreds of homes in the southwest Iowa town of about 2,000 and left four people dead in addition to a fatality recorded near Corning. To read the full story tap the link in our bio. #iowa #RAGBRAI #RAGBRAI2024