WHOO! WHOO! WHOO!--also Couples' Trip

On Sunday our RTE was going to take us to Wings in Dorchester for brunch and then on to Houston, MN for a visit to the National Owl Center.  WHOO all went?  We had 13 of us with Gary K and Lois on bikes and Meryle & Mary, Gary & Gloria G, Darrel, Wayne & Sandy, Carl & Joyce, and Bob & Julie on trikes lined up at Casey's at 11AM ready to roll.

GARY & GLORIA G JOIN US

QUITE A LINEUP OF GW TRIKES

GARY ROLLS IN

CARL GETS HIS CREDIT CARD TO WORK

We departed Casey's and headed up HWY 76 north and turned on Dorchester Drive and on into Wings.

PARKING ACROSS FROM WINGS

HAIR COMBING BEFORE BRUNCH

While inside Wings, light rain started to fall even though the Weather Channel said 0% chance of rain.  After way more than enough to eat, we departed Dorchester with light rain falling.  Soon outside of Dorchester and heading west on CR A16 toward Spring Grove, the rain stopped.  After arriving in Spring Grove, we took HWY 44 over to Caledonia where we got on HWY 76 through Caledonia and onto newly resurfaced CR 10. (We don't need no stinking yellow lines!).  CR 10 took us back to HWY 76 just outside of Houston, and we followed it on into the Owl Center on Main Street.

THE LEADERS ARRIVE IN FRONT OF THE OWLS

While inside the Owl Center, we had a "hooting" good program given by the center staff.

THE GREAT HORNED OWL

HE ONLY WEIGHS ABOUT 5 POUNDS
WE ALSO SAW A FLIGHT

After the program, we took a look around at the displays in the center and visited the gift shop.

After our visit to the Owl Center....

We took CR 9 west out of Houston and then CR 21 south to HWY 16 just outside of Hokah.  In Hokah we too HWY 44 south to Caledonia where we made our customary ice cream stop at the Dairy Queen.  After ice cream treats, we headed south on 76 back to Waukon.  We had about 110 miles on the Wing.  The following is a good summary of our RTE this Sunday.

COUPLES' TRIP
This years' trip is Saturday and Sunday, the 14th and 15th of September.  The tentative plan is to leave Casey's at 9 AM on Saturday and travel to the Amana Colonies.  There are a number of places to visit in the colonies, and not everyone may want to go to the same places. So the tentative plan is to start at the Visitor's Center after lunch and decide where each couple wants to go from there.  We will meet back at the Visitor Center later in the afternoon and then travel to Cedar Rapids Quality Inn for our snacks and lies and overnight stay.  On Sunday, the plan is to journey over to Rock City and have lunch at the iconic restaurant there like we did a couple of years ago.  After lunch we will head back to Waukon.  Most of the entire trip to and from will be on back roads.

If you are planning on going on this trip, it's time to let Bob R know ASAP, so he can confirm the motel reservations.  Right now we have Meryle & Mary (Meryle reserved the honeymoon suite!), Wayne & Sandy, and Bob & Julie set to go.