THREESOME ON BONUS RUN

Three veteran WNR showed up for the final special ride of the season, the Bonus Run.  With Bob R in the lead followed by Chuckles and Howard, we pulled out of Casey's on Sunday at high noon under sunny skies and temps in the sixties.  We took HWY 76 north to Bear Creek Road and then east to Locust Road.  Locust Road north got us to HWY 44 east near Spring Grove.  After a short jog on 44, we got onto CR 4 and wound our way through Black Hammer and the Yucatan valley over to 76 again.  We then took 76 into Houston for a break at the BP station.  While there we saw a lot of smoke coming from a farm field and soon the Houston fire department was on its way there.

ARRIVING IN HOUSTON

A FARM FIELD FIRE!

After our break we took CR 9 just outside of Houston heading east. This county road had just been resurfaced and was smooth as glass.  9 took us over to CR 11 north and then onto CR 8 heading back east through New Hartford and onto CR 5 into Nodine.  Nodine is the home of the "tin man".  It is mandatory if you are a male to stop and pay homage to the tin man.  Severe consequences may result if you don't!!  We did stop.

THE TIN MAN IN NODINE

After paying our homage to the tin man, we took Apple Blossom Drive where we were treated to a spectacular view of the Mississippi river valley and La Crosse below.

I HAVEN'T LOST THEM YET!

Here's a short video of the view from Apple Blossom Drive.  Click below.

After our view from the top, we continued on Apple Blossom Drive and on into La Crescent where we picked up CR 25 and then turned onto one of our all-time favorite roads--Teschemper.

Here's a short video of the view from Teschemper.  Click below.

After the most scenic five miles in the tri-state area, we continued onto CR 21, then over to HWY 16 and into Hokah for another break at the Kwik Trip.  

We got onto CR 18 in Hokah and took it on into Brownsville.  In Brownsville we headed south on HWY 26 into Iowa and just south of New Albin, we turned west onto Iowa River Drive.  From IRD we stayed straight onto Lycurgus Road, over to HWY 9 and back into Waukon for 150 beautiful miles!  If you missed this scenic trip, I have received a request to do it again next spring on our Memorial Day Run.  We'll see.

The only down side of the day was realizing that I had to put the Wing to bed for the winter, since after the knee surgery there won't be any fall riding left.

A SAD SIGHT

Hopefully there will still be plenty of nice fall rides yet for WNR.  You will need a new leader, and be careful.  With the crops coming out, so are the DEER!!