Two events took place Friday and Sunday for the Wednesday Night Riders. On Friday, Ron and Bob gave trike rides to six residents of Northgate Manor here in Waukon. We would have had more participants, but it was a very windy day, and some of the residents did not want to give it a try. However, we did bring smiles to the faces of the riders who did go. Here's some of Julie's photos.
Sunday was our second "ride to eat" event. The destination was New Albin for the New Albin Fire Department pancake brunch, and to get a glimpse of the "semi-world famous" pancake maker. At 10 AM departure time from Casey's, we had Bill on his Gold Wing bike, Dave M on his Harley trike, Julie in the Durango "support" vehicle, Richard & Melodye in their Slingshot, and Bob leading on his Gold Wing trike. Jim & Cathy left earlier, in case the firemen ran out of pancakes! With cloudy skies and temps barely scraping 50, I'm sure there were quite a number who passed this ride up.
A SMALL, BUT HEARTY AND HUNGRY, GROUP GATHERS |
We departed Waukon heading northward of HWY 9. Since Bill had just come down from Lansing on HWY 9, we decided to take Lycurgus Road and Iowa River Drive up to New Albin. We were able to park right in front of the fire station.
TIME TO EAT! |
As we entered the station and paid our admission, we spotted Jim & Cathy along with Joan. Apparently Jim & Cathy had to come early to have enough time to return home and do some crop spraying. And shortly therafter, we laid eyes on the "semi-world famous" pancake chef!
THERE HE IS! |
The firemen put on quite a feast! We were treated to all the pancakes we wanted, scrambled or fried eggs, sausage, and milk or coffee. The warm pancakes and hot coffee took away the chill from the ride.
Even though it was still cool, we continued the ride after eating. We cruised up HWY 26 and on into Minnesota where we picked up CR 14 and turned east. We made our way along scenic CR 14 into Caledonia. We left town on HWY 44 heading towards Spring Grove. Before we reached town, we turned southward onto CR 17, and rode this "roller coaster" route back to HWY 76. Once on 76 we headed south back into Waukon and now the sun suddenly decided to appear. I don't know if the temps ever got to the mid sixties as predicted, but we still had a good ride besides the great eats! There were about 80 miles on the trike when she got parked at home.
PLEASE NOTE: AS OF TODAY, SUNDAY, MAY 18TH, THE BRIDGE AT LANSING IS CLOSED DUE TO MOVEMENT. NO TIME FOR REOPENING HAS BEEN SET YET
UPCOMING EVENTS
Monday, May 19th--The trike rides for the residents of Wellington Place in Decorah has been postponed until June 12th.
Wednesday, May 21st--Regular Wednesday night ride (weather permitting)
Monday, May 26th, Memorial Day--This is our annual Memorial Day run and cookout. After paying honor to our fallen soldiers, we will meet at Casey's at 1 PM for a ride through NE Iowa, SW Wisconsin, and SE Minnesota. After the ride, we have a cookout at Rotach's. Brats and buns will be furnished, but you can bring along snacks, salads, or deserts to pass. EVERYONE IS WELCOME! If you can't make the ride, you are still welcome to attend the cookout. That should start around 5 PM.
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A GRAND LADY!! |