Deer Hunting & Motorcycling

This is the new bike to use if you want to combine riding and deer hunting.

LAST MINUTE GIFT

If you have a Harley rider to buy for this year, this would make a good last minute gift!

He knows whether you've been naughty or nice!!

TWO YEARS IN A ROW

Anyone recognize this spot?

Chaseburg Historic Bar in December

Even though I cheat a little in February, it's now been two years in a row that I have been able to ride in every month of the year.  I just finished off December with about 300 miles on the 3rd and 4th.  Ain't global warming great!!

NEW BIKER !!!

On November 8th, Ian Robert Rotach entered the world at 

19 1/2 inches and weighing in at 7 pounds, 10 oz.  He is the son of John and Holly Rotach of Denver, CO, and joins his big sister Lilly.  I believe his first words were "Grandpa" and "Goldwing".  I know that out his other end came the sounds of a "Harley"!

LUCKY DUCKS

Or...in this case swans.  On my ride Sunday I stopped at the overlook near Brownsville and took these photos of the wild fowl there...a lot of trumpeter swans.  I got thinking that in a few days these guys will be "winging" their way south to warmer weather, and I still have to wait another two and a half months before I get to go....LUCKY DUCKS!!

Last Ride for 2012?

Chuckles is a lot quicker with no bungees!

Cousins at Volga!

Saturday, the 10th was a great day, so Chuckles and I left Casey's at noon with sunshine and 68 degree temp.  We passed through Luana, Marquette, PDC, and took CR N up to Wauzeka.  While we were there Clair (Riesberg) called from Dyersville and wanted to join us.  So we took HWY 60 back to Bridgeport, turned west on HWY 18 to CR P and then to CR C and back to Wal-Mart to meet Clair.  From there we rode to Farmersburg, St. Olaf, Elkader, and Volga.  At Volga, Clair headed home, and Chuckles and I went back through Wadena, Elgin, Clermont, Postville, and back home.  We put on about 180 miles and enjoyed every mile of it.  Hopefully this won't be the last ride for 2012, but it looks like the weather is going to change rapidly.

Upcoming Rides

Just to let those of you who haven't put your bikes away yet, I plan to ride on Friday, the 9th and Saturday, the 10th.  I will be leaving from Casey's around noon on both those days and should be back around 4.  You're welcome to come along.  It looks like those two days are going to be the nicest for a while.

New Bike for the Club

Meryle has offered to buy this Harley for the club, but he says he is the only one who gets to drive it and Gordy has to start it!  It has 10 seats and 7 engines.  It is 25 ft. long, weighs 3,000 lbs. (5,000 loaded), holds 9 gallons of gas, and gets 22 miles a gallon.  We are going to have to meet somewhere else besides Casey's on Wednesday nights however, because it has a turning radius of 60 ft.!

Cool, Spooky, but No Bugs!

For all practical purposes, last Wednesday, the 31st, was the last Wednesday night ride for the year due to daylight savings time.  Gary and I rode about 50 miles that Halloween night.  You can see Gary in the photo above after we stopped at G & T's.  It was cool, spooky, but NO BUGS!!  Heated seat and grips are great!!

WNR member bags a bear!

Dennis was able to bag this bear near the Blocker condo in Chetek recently.  No one knows for sure if the bear season was open or if he even had a license, but we'll promise not to tell anyone!!

More Photos

Here are some photos from the couples' over-nighter to Black River Falls in September.

Last Minute Rides

We had a couple of really nice days this past two weeks, so we had a couple of "unscheduled" rides during the week.  Last Tuesday, the 16th, Wayne M., Bob Z., David H., and I went on about a 200 mile jaunt into Wisconsin.  We actually followed some of the same route I used for the Couples Trip.  We even stopped for burgers at the 108 different ones at Dawg's in Mindoro.  They were good again!

On Wednesday, the 24th, David H, Meryle, and I traveled up near Houston and LaCrescent.  We had a nice lunch in Houston and rode down Tschumper Road (the most scenic three mile stretch of road in the tri-states) to Hokah and back through Caledonia on the newly completed HWY 44.  It was about a 150 mile trip.  Warm but not too sunny.  This time of year it's interesting to see some things you can't see when the leaves are on the trees!

We continue to ride on Wednesday nights as long as the weather and daylight hold up.  Last Wednesday, the 24th, Dave H, Jim S, Lars, and I rode up 76 to A 26, over to New Albin, and back down to Lansing and back to Waukon on 9.  We put on about 60 miles, but it gets dark in about an hour, so any of the upcoming Wednesday rides will be short.

LAST MINUTE RIDES

If the weather looks good on a particular upcoming day, and I decide I'm going to go on a ride, I'll post it here as to where and what time.  Anyone is welcome to come along with me!

Why there are so many deer hits

My friend sent me this radio commentary after he heard I hit a deer.  Hopefully you will get to listen to it if you click on the link I provided.  Enjoy!       Deer Hits

Chicken Run

We actually had 5 riders total on two separate dates.  Wayne & Wayne went on the original day and Meryle, Gary, and Bob went last Sunday, the 21st.  Nice ride (about 180 miles round trip), good chicken, good weather, good company.  Not near as many there, so no waiting.  Here's a couple of photos.

Photos from previous rides

I thought some of you who couldn't make it on some of the rides this summer might like to see some photos of our riders on those trips.  More will come later when I get better at this!

Hanson's in June