COUPLES TRIP (PART TWO)--CAMP COURAGEOUS--RUN, CHICKEN, RUN RUN

COUPLES TRIP REPORT (PART TWO)

After our tour of the Schell Brewery, we returned to our motel in New Ulm for our traditional "snacks and lies" party.  We were joined there by our new friends, the Hulls and the Ecksteins.  They were the GWRRA members who secured our brewery tour tickets for us.

OUR "SNACK & LIES" PARTY

After a belly full of drinks, snacks, and lies, we retired for the night to get ready to return home on Sunday.

Sunday was a beautiful day!  Since there was no "horsing around" in the morning, we were able to depart a little earlier than planned.

"WE DIDN"T DO ANY 'HORSING AROUND'."

Before we left New Ulm, we had to pay a visit to the Hermann (the German) monument.  Seeing this monument and the beautiful park where it's located was well worth the extra time.

After spending time viewing the monument and it's history, we left New Ulm via HWY 14 east.  We followed 14 until it detoured us onto a county highway for repairs.  This was the smoothest detour any of us have ever been on!  We picked up HWY 14 again and continued on it through Courtland, Mankato, and Eagle Lake where we turned onto HWY 60 north.  60 took us up and around several lakes and through Elysian, Waterville (no more bullheads, but time for a break), Morristown, Warsaw, Faribault, and on into Kenyon where we turned south onto HWY 56.  Traveling south on 56 we passed through West Concord and into Hayfield where we took another break after turning onto HWY 30 west.  Parts of 30 were pretty scenic.  (Click below for a short video)

We continued east on 30 over to HWY 63 south and into Stewartville, where we ate lunch at the Pizza Ranch there.  Plenty of food, but no ice cream!  After a short jaunt on 63, we got back on 30 west and took it on over to Chatfield where we jumped on HWY 52 south and passed through Fountain and Preston and into Harmony for another short break. We then continued on 52 through Canton, Prosper, Burr Oak, and down to Decorah where we took HWY 9 east back home.  GREAT TRIP, and I can't believe we actually had two straight days without rain!  I had 456 round trip miles on the trike.

FIVE TO CAMP COURAGEOUS
Five WNR made the trip down to Monticello on Sunday for the Camp Courageous fundraiser pancake breakfast.  It was cloudy and misty in Waukon at 9:15 Sunday morning, and the radar showed rain appearing south of us later on, so Bob & Julie took their cage with passengers Carl & Joyce, while Jim took the chance and rode his Wing down.  The pancakes and sausage were delicious, but none of us won the VW in the drawing.  It never really did rain on us much, but there were some real wet spots on the road on the way back. We saw the flood damage to the crops near the Turkey River near Millville.  We were disappointed that Greaser's was closed in Guttenberg!  GOOD TIME--GOOD CAUSE.

"RUN, CHICKEN, RUN" RUN
Next Sunday is the "Run, Chicken, Run" Run up to Rockton.  We plan to leave Casey's at 10 that morning for the "almost world famous" barbecued chicken.  If you plan to go and want the chicken, you will need reservations.  You can do one of two things.  Either tell Bob R (563-568-7277) by Friday and he will call in your reservations, or you can call the Rockton Bar (608-625-4395) yourself and tell them you're with the Waukon group.  Don't wait until Sunday to call, or you may be too late!