FABULOUS FIVE TO HOUSTON--UPCOMING RIDES

Apparently most WNR were recovering from Monday's ride, because only five of us journeyed out on Wednesday.  With Wayne F on his trike and David, Howard, Bob Z, and Bob R on bikes we departed Casey's at 5:30 headed north on HWY 76 with temps at 69 and moderate west winds.

WAITING FOR BOB Z TO FINISH VISITING WITH DR. OLSON

We traveled up 76 to Dorchester Drive and followed it (A16) on into Spring Grove.  Just west of Spring Grove we took CR 4 through Black Hammer and the Yucatan valley all the way to HWY 76 just south of Houston.  CR 4 was recently paved and is a nice smooth and scenic ride through the Yucatan valley.  We did spot a couple of deer along the way however.  After reaching 76, we turned on to HWY 16 west and on into the BP station there for a break.

After the break we took HWY 16 east to CR 25 and turned north to follow the Root River for a ways.  CR 25 took us over to CR 21 where we headed west to HWY 16 and on into Hokah.  In Hokah we turned onto CR 18 and followed it into Brownsville where we got onto HWY 26 heading south.  26 took us through Reno and New Albin where we turned onto Iowa River Drive.  IRD joined onto Lycurgus road and then onto HWY 9 back to Waukon and Gus & Tony's.  I pulled into the garage with 116 miles on the Wing.

BACK AT G & T's BEFORE DARK

NEXT WEDNESDAY
Dennis and I will be up in Boulder Junction, WI, filling the boat with small mouth bass, so you will need a new leader Wednesday night.  If it's warm, I'll bet a trip to Greaser's in Guttenberg might be on the itinerary.  Be safe and stay off the gravel!

UPCOMING RIDES
There are a couple of upcoming rides in the area that may be of interest.  Here's the first one for this Saturday.  It sounds interesting, but I won't be able to make this one.  If anyone goes, give me a report on it.

The second one is the Hospice Ride that Nancy helps sponsor.  Many of us have been on this ride before and I'm sure some of us will try to make it again.  There's a little different format this year.  It's on a Sunday, and they are serving a breakfast before the ride at the Inwood in Spillville.  See below.  I do plan to be back and riding in this event.  I plan to leave from Casey's at 9:15 that morning and anyone that's interested is welcome to ride along.  It's for a good cause and it's been good routes and good food!

AND FINALLY
We had a couple of leftover items from the cookout on Monday.  If these are yours, you may want to claim them before Chuckles does!