Hugos 14 Central Avenue S.E. Le Mars, Ia.

TD, Rocketman, Launch Pad, Junk Yard Dog, and myself ride into Le Mars and stop to have a drink at a bar. There are a couple of people in the bar but not much going on. As we start talking to different people, one person says " You should go to Hugos Bar. So we leave and go to Hugos. When we walk in, there are four to five other people in the bar. All are from Le Mars but us. We order a round and start mingling with the patrons of the bar. I look over at Junk Yard Dog, and notice a grin on his face that has not stopped since we started our 86 mile ride to the starting town. This is Jeff's 1st Ragbrai. He has done other rides like Ride the Rockies but never one like the Ragbrai. From across the bar, one of the regulars askes me, "Where are you guys from?" I reply "Colorado!" He asks "What is your name?" I reply "Mine's Smitty, what is yours?" He says "Tony!" Now Junk Yard Dog is sitting right next to me and takes a double take at me and starts laughing cause he cannot believe I am carring on this conversation. I look over at him and say "When you are on the Ragbrai, you can be anything you want to be!" In the meantime, the bartenter comes over to TD, and TD asks if we could have something to eat. She says that we just closed down the grill but I will make you guys some hamburgers if you like! We said great so she goes off to make hamburgers. While she is back at the grill, other patrons want refills. So Rich goes behind the bar to bartend for her. TD starts telling jokes filling orders for beer and drinks. The girl comes from the grill and starts laughing cause he is doing a great job! TD is asking what to charge for this drink and that and she tells him. Then Tony calls out to me from the other side of the bar, "Hey Smitty what do you do for a living?" Everyone in the bar looks over as I reply. "I'm a proctologist." Tony stops and looks at me for a while studying me and then says. "Is that a brain surgeon?" Everyone in the bar starts laughing. When we all quiet down, I say to Tony "No, I'm a Butt Doctor." That became my riding name for the Red Dogs ever since.