BAKER'S DOZEN ON PIZZA RUN

Thirteen of us gathered at Casey's at 11AM Sunday for our "You Gotta Love Summer" pizza run.  Eleven WNR including Meryle & Mary, Carl & Joyce, and Bob & Julie on trikes; Dennis & Marlene in the support vehicle; Jim & Cathy and Chuckles on bikes.  We also welcomed Darron & Sue Sander from Decorah on their Harley.  They rode with us once last year, so we were happy to see them back.

CARL REMEMBERS GAS, BUT FORGOT THE COOLER

JIM TRYING TO CONVINCE EVERYONE THAT HE ACTUALLY WENT TO SCHOOL WITH DARRON

DARRON DENIES THAT HE EVEN KNOWS JIM!!

MERYLE TELLING EVERYONE THAT HE WAS GLAD TO HAVE POWER ON AGAIN

After originally planning to journey to Happy Joe's in Lancaster, we decided that because of all the storms and flooding, it would be better to head up to Stumpy's in Rushford.  So, on probably the nicest day in weeks, and after watching car stunts in the lot by some idiot from Minnesota, we headed west on HWY 9 into Decorah.  In Decorah we took HWY 52 north for a short ways and got onto Madison Road heading east and back onto HWY 9 in Ridgeway.  We followed 9 again to HWY 139 just outside of Cresco.  139 took us on into Harmony and the Kwik Trip for a break.

After our break we continued north on HWY 52 to HWY 16 east near Preston.  With sweeping curves and beautiful scenery, HWY 16 is a biker's delight!  16 took us along the Root River and on into Rushford and Stumpy's.

WE ARRIVE IN RUSHFORD

AND FIND STUMPY'S

AFTER EVERYONE WAS SEATED AND PLACED THEIR ORDERS......

I WAS ABLE TO PERUSE THE DECOR IN STUMPY'S

After everyone was fed, some of the leftover pizza didn't quite make it into the box.  You can guess whose lap this is!!

After leaving Stumpy's we took scenic CR 26 & 27 out of town east through Money Creek and over to HWY 76 south.  76 took us through Houston and then onto CR 10 west.  CR 10 winds around several bluffs, through Sheldon and back to 76 again near Caledonia.  Since pizza needs to be topped off with ice cream, we hit the DQ in Caledonia.

THIS TIME NO ONE SPILLED FOOD ONTO THEIR LAP AND CARL & MERYLE FOUND A DEAD JACKET!

After our fill at DQ we continued on down the road on HWY 76 and back into Waukon.  The trip was about 140 miles with lots of good food and scenery.