GOOD SHOWING AT PMS

We had another good turn out for our 18th PMS (Parked Motorcycle/Motorcar Syndrome) get-together on Wednesday evening.  According to the unofficial count, we had 30 attendees.

After feeding our faces, Bob presented a recap of our 2025 year including comments on the special rides upcoming.  We also paid tribute to those members of our group that passed on including Sandy, Darrel, and Irv.

The final set of videos was meant to give some good-natured teasing to most of our members and drawing some humor and laughter.  Apparently that was successful.  So, I think everyone had an enjoyable evening, and are looking forward to another great riding season.  Special welcome to Karrie.  She and her husband, Don, plan on joining us for some rides this season.

Here are some photos of the folks in attendance.  Bernell & Kathy joined us later, and Ken K apparently got lost going home after his pills.

This coming Sunday is our first charity ride.  We will be heading to Camp Courageous for their omelet breakfast fund raiser.  We will depart Casey's at 9 AM Sunday morning.  After the breakfast, we will be taking a scenic ride back with a possible stop for ice cream on the way.  There should be a car ride available for those who do not want to ride motorcycles.  If you can't make the ride, you can still come to Casey's that morning and send along a donation to Camp Courageous with one of us.  LET'S HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT FOR THIS VERY WORTHWHILE CAUSE!

The mystery rider from the last post was Charlie Chaplan.  No one guessed right.  How about this guy?

 

PMS Tomorrow Evening

Don't forget about the PMS get-together at Uptown tomorow evening.  You can start ordering food at 5. It will be great to see everyone again!

The last mystery biker was Jackie Chan

 Jackie Chan, also known as Fang Shilong, is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, and martial artist. He's known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and innovative stunts, which he usually performs himself. Chan's on-screen fighting style is based on traditional and Northern Kung Fu, and designed to be the opposite of Bruce Lee's fluid movements. 

How about this guy?

PMS TIME

I am assuming that no one was dumb enough to try to ride Wednesday night, so there is no report to view on that. In the mail today, I am sending out the invitations to our PMS (Parked Motorcyle/Motorcar Syndrome) get-together at Uptown on the 22nd of April.  Also included with the invite is the list of the Wednesday Night Riders tentative special rides for 2026.  If you have any questions about the rides, or any other matters concerning the Wednesday Night Riders, I will try to answer them at the get-together.

Now, if you did not get an invitation and still want to come to the PMS get-together, please come.  If you did not receive an invitation, it means that you have not been riding with us for a while, or I do not have your mailing address.  It's always great to see everyone again since last fall and we always seem to have a good time.

So, set aside the evening of  April 22nd at Uptown in Waukon.  Food orders taken starting at 5 and program to follow.  SEE EVERYONE THEN.

Did you figure out who the mystery person was in the last blog entry?  It was William Shatner, star of the popular tv show, Star Trek.  Apparently he was also a motorcycle rider in his spare time.

OK, how about this guy?

Tribute to Irv

Special thanks to all the Wednesday Night Riders that came to Irv's funeral, wake, reception, and the fellowship time.  I know everyone couldn't attend all the events, but I'm sure the family appreciated seeing us there.

As I mentioned to Chris at the funeral home, we are really going to miss Irv.  I think every ride he was on with us, he always added knowledge, humor, and friendship.

Special thanks to those who accompanied the funeral procession to the church cemetery outside of Ossian. We had 12 participants (counting Chuck, who was on duty) in 9 units.

Here's some photos that were taken, mostly by Chuckles.

  

I think all the planned events were very well done, which made it a special tribute to Irv.

IRV'S FUNERAL

 I have 15 Wednesday Night Riders signed up who plan to attend Irv's funeral tomorrow and sit with the group.  If you are one/or two of the 15, try to be at the church around 10:30.  Once we are all gathered, Craig will bring us up front to our seats.  If you cannot make it that early, just tell Craig or Chuckles, and they will bring you up to sit with us when you get there.

 After the funeral, there is a reception at the fairgrounds in Waukon. We will escourt the hearse to the cemetery outside of Ossian starting at 1:30 from the fairgrounds.  If you did not attend the funeral you can still be part of the escourt.  Just be ready to go at 1:30.

The weather prediction is for clouds with a possible morning shower and high temps around 60, so it is going to be cool, but hopefully not wet.

Any questions, just let Bob know.

7 UP FOR EARLY BIRD RIDE

Seven riders participated in an impromptu "early bird" Wednesday night ride last night.  The only notification was put on the blog yesterday morning.

Mike, Chuckles, Lois, Jim & Cathy showed up on bikes, while Dave M and Bob rode trikes.

We departed Casey's with 66 degrees showing on the Waukon State bank sign. We cruised through town and made our way onto HWY 76 north.  We were presently happy to see that they had finally finished the bridge over Bear Creek, so we didn't have to stop there anymore. We made our way up to Dorchester Drive and proceeded through the countryside all the way up to Spring Grove. With all the leaves off the trees, one could see alot more surroundings (some good, some not so good).  We were constantly looking for sand on the road surfaces, but so far it was only at intersections.

We cruised through Spring Grove and made our way along HWY 44 to CR 17 and followed this windy, hilly, but smooth asphalt all the way back to HWY 76.  We sped by Eitzen and continued on 76 until we turned onto CR A26 (Iowa River Drive) and followed it along the river to Lycurgus Road.  The only animals we spotted so far were turkeys and a couple of darting dogs.

Lycurgus Road is starting to show its age by being quite bumpy, but we made our way back to HWY 9 and observed a crowd filing into St. Mary's Church.  Hwy 9 took most of us back to Waukon and eats at Uptown.

After about 75 miles, we arrive back in town safely from a really nice "early bird" ride.  Richard joined us for eats at a very busy Uptown.

DON'T FORGET TO LET BOB KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND IRV'S FUNERAL WITH OUR GROUP.

Here's a sign that Lois spotted on one of her travels.  Enjoy!

EARLY BIRD WEDNESDAY NIGHT RIDE

For those of you who have your bikes and convertibles out of storage, we will have an "early bird" Wednesday night ride tonight.  Like before, we will depart Casey's at 5, ride for a couple of hours, and stop at Uptown Grill afterwards.  The temps are predicted to be close to 70, so that makes tonight hard to pass up.  The plan is to travel up towards Spring Grove and Caledonia. I doubt if we will stop for a break.

Hopefully a few can make it!

ANOTHER GUESS WHO?