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!!