Wes Horton owns the Red Oak Inn, the only local restaurant near the bridge.

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Since 1981, I've ridden all or parts of about a dozen Ragbrais, rolling through towns like Red Oak, Decorah, Oskaloosa and Clarinda.

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The red oak and maple trees shimmer in gold and red, living up to their legendary reputation as some of the most beautiful fall leaves in the country.

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Radically different from the others, it features meat cooked on grills over open fires of native red oak, with and no rub or sauce, but heavy sprinkled seasoning.

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Dez also told the players that Penny was just like them -- that he hailed from Binghampton and had even lived in the dangerous Red Oak and Tillman Cove projects.

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This trio of bold red grape varieties may be last into the cellar, but any aficionado who appreciates brooding, dark oak-aged red wine will tell you, these are definitely worth the wait.

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The story may be trite, but Cameron creates an entire world, including magnificent flying pterodactyls and a bright-red flying monster with jaws that could snap an oak.

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Last, there are red-colored elements not seen before in other Royal Oak Offshore watches.

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They hired Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed Central Park, to create an open campus with no walls, vast gardens and thousands of palm and Coast Live Oak trees, and California mission-inspired sandstone buildings with red-tiled roofs.

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Aged in oak barrels for at least two years, Chianti Classico wines are identified by a black rooster within a red circle on the neck of the bottle, signaling membership of the Chianti Classico Consortium.

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