So are you rooting for your home state? Hoping for an upset? Perhaps just interested in the party that surrounds the tug itself? This weekend LeClaire, Iowa and Port Byron, Illinois celebrate Tugfest with carnival rides, games, food and live music...
I go to this event every year but you have to go early to sample all the tasty treats; it's hard to keep up with demand; unless you get your ticket today.
This is one of the coolest ideas I have ever heard about - two teams of two dozen people tugging on either end of a rope strung across the Mississippi River. Tug Fest takes place between LeClaire, Iowa and Port Byron, Illinois for the 32nd time this weekend...