NINE ON THE MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR

Nine WNR gathered at Casey's Sunday morning for our second mystery r t e of the season.  Chuckles, Lois, and Bob Z rode their bikes, Meryle & Mary and Bob & Julie were on trikes, and Dennis & Marlene cruised in the support convertible.

GOOD TO SEE THE YELLOW SUPPORT VEHICLE AGAIN

GATHERING OF THE MYSTERY RIDERS

WHILE CATHY IS AWAY.............

Since I got no responses from any WNR for our mystery destination this time, I took the recommendation of a person from the area that must follow the blog.  We headed north on HWY 76 to Eitzen where we made a turn west onto CR 27 (Sylling Road).  It had just been repaved, so we had a smooth and scenic ride into Spring Grove.  We then turned onto HWY 44 and stopped at the BP in Mabel for a break.  It was pretty humid with temps in the mid 80's.  Heading west gain and onto HWY 52 north to Canton, and north again on CR 21.  CR 21 is a straight shot through Henrytown and merges with CR 12.  We then took 12, another smooth and scenic ride into Preston.  Our mystery destination was the Olympic Bowl and Restaurant and we arrived a little before noon.

WELCOME TO PRESTON!
CHUCKLES WANTED TO TAKE THIS HOME

NEW BUILDING AFTER A FIRE

SUPPORT VEHICLE AT MYSTERY STOP

MORE MYSTERY RIDERS ARRIVE

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THEIR SALAD!

LET'S EAT!!

Even though there was a fairly large crowd in the restaurant, they made room for us and provided excellent service.  The rib special attracted Dennis and Lois while the rest of us had an assortment of sandwiches and some mouth-watering onion rings.  Our mystery destination was an excellent choice.  Thanks, whoever you were!

We departed the restaurant under cloudy skies with a threat of rain in the area.  Taking HWY 52 north out of Preston, we picked up CR 8 east and worked our way down to Lanesboro.  CR 8 was another smooth and scenic drive. Then onto HWY 16 heading east again.  My intent was to go over to Houston and up the ridge to Themper Road and take it down the hill, but the radar on the Wing showed some heavy rains in that area, so I elected to start taking county roads south to try to avoid the rain.  It worked for a while, but soon we were riding in an off and on drizzle.  We worked our way back to HWY 52 south to Decorah and then HWY 9 back to Waukon.  I had about 175 miles on the trike when we pulled into the shed and a more steady rain started.

Despite the rain, we found some very scenic and smooth roads on the mystery ride, and I would certainly go back to the Olympic Bowl and Restaurant again.

UPCOMING RIDES

Next Wednesday--5:30 from Casey's

Labor Day (Monday, Sept. 3rd)--Double Dip Ice Cream Run--
1 PM from Casey's

Couples' Trip--Sept. 15 & 16--Right now I have Votsmier's, Blocker's, Gelo's, and Rotach's signed up.  If you want to go, let Bob R know Wednesday or Monday.

HAPPY TRAILS!