EIGHT ATE AT STEUBEN

Eight hungry WNR gathered at Casey's Saturday afternoon for a RTE to Jo's Kountry Bar in Steuben.  Meryle & Mary, Carl & Joyce, and Bob & Julie rode trikes, while Dennis & Marlene followed in the support convertible.

A HUNGRY CROWD GATHERS

MERYLE TELLS CARL ABOUT HIS FREE LUNCH AT HD

CARL WANTS TO KNOW IF THE BURGERS ARE GOING TO BE "GUNDER" SIZE

We departed Casey's at 4:30 under partly cloudy skies with the temp at 77 degrees.  There is a lot of road construction going on across the river, but since "all roads lead to Steuben", we knew we could find a way.  We took the Forest Mills Road past the Gelo Estate and on into Luana and then onto HWY 18 east.  18 took us through Monona, Giard, Marquette, across the river, into Prairie du Chien and to HWY 60 going east.  On 60 we went through Wauzeka and just outside of Boscobel, turned on to CR E heading north.  Scenic E led us into Steuben parked next to the city park in front of Jo's.

ALL ROADS GOT US HERE

DENNIS WONDERS WHY THE STREETS ARE SMOOTHER HERE THAN IN WAUKON

OUR DESTINATION

Jo's special on Saturday is a half-pound cheeseburger with a half order of fries, and that seemed to be the item of choice.  After eating we crawled out the door and mounted up again for the trip home.  CR E was just as scenic going up the hill to HWY 27.  We turned onto 27 heading north through Seneca and into Mt. Sterling where we picked up HWY 171 heading west down to the river.  At the river we turned north on HWY 35 passing through Ferryville and then across the Blackhawk Bridge into Lansing.  I hate riding on HWY 9 (the Terry E Branstad Memorial Highway), but the sky looked threatening, so we took it back to Waukon and missed the rain.  Hopefully Carl & Joyce made it back to Rossville without getting wet.

I know some people were unhappy that the "rubber" jar had not been replenished in Steuben, but the food was great and the ride was scenic.  I had about 125 miles on the trike when we pulled into the shed at home.

UPCOMING EVENTS
A week from Monday, the 28th is Memorial Day, and time for our annual ride and cookout at the Rotach house afterwards.  After paying tribute to our veterans, we will meet at Casey's at 1 PM for the ride and should be back in town for the cookout around 5.  Hopefully the weather will cooperate and everyone is invited.

Sunday, June 10th, is the annual Hospice Ride.  There is a little different format this year, but more on that later.  Set that date aside, and maybe we'll ride as a group over to Decorah that morning.