DO WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR NAME?!

With only one Wednesday night fit for riding and now two straight decent Sunday afternoon rides, maybe we should be the Sunday Afternoon Riders!

We had 14 WNR show up this Sunday afternoon.  There was substantial wind blowing from the west, but the temp was close to 70 with sun, so compared to the past couple of Wednesday nights, the weather was great.  We had Chuck, not Chuckles on his trike, Wayne & Sandy on the DFT, Carl on his trike, Greg and Dale in the support convertible, Howard, Al, Jim & Cathy, Larry, and Chuckles on two-wheelers, and Bob & Julie on their trike.

CHUCK (NOT CHUCKLES) RIDES AGAIN ON SUNDAY

HOWARD REMEMBERS THIS TIME

AL WITH SHINY INDIAN SADDLE BAGS

CHUCKLES WITH HIS LAST MINUTE SHOW UP

CARL STILL GOING STRONG AT 85

We departed Casey's at 1 PM and headed out to HWY 76, then Forest Mills Road, and then onto Cherry Valley Road into Postville.  We leave Postville on HWY 18 east and turn onto the Gunder Road.  At Gunder we turned south on Agate Road and into Elgin.  In Elgin we picked up Golden Road for a smooth but windy ride into West Union.  We made a quick pit stop at Casey's in West Union and then continued about 4 miles west on HWY 18 to Country View Dairy Store for some frozen yogurt treats.

THE ADDRESS IS ACTUALLY 15197 230th St. HAWKEYE, IA

THERE WERE ABOUT 10 DIFFERENT FLAVORS OF FROZEN YOGURT

THE YOGURT IS PAID FOR ON THE "HONOR" SYSTEM

THE LOCATION IS ON A GOOD-SIZED DAIRY FARM

NORMALLY SOFT SERVE YOGURT IS AVAILABLE

IT MADE A NEAT STOP FOR OUR GROUP

After our yogurt treats we continued west on HWY 18 and then turned north onto Rose Road and into St. Lucas.  After passing through St. Lucas, and viewing the beautiful Catholic church there we continued on CR W14 (Quail Road) and onto HWY 24 heading east into Ft. Atkinson.  HWY 24 took us into Calmar where we headed back north on HWY 52.  It didn't seem to matter what direction we took, the wind still tried it's best to move us.  We took 52 on into Decorah and HWY 9 through town.  Just outside of town we turned onto the Old Stage Road, passed through Freeport and Nasset with less wind and on into Waukon.  I had right at 100 miles on the trike when we pulled her into the shed.  A windy but nice run.  As what seems to be the by-word for Iowa weather--"It could have been worse!"

As of now next Wednesday looks doable weather wise, but we'll have to wait and see.  I'm sure our planned Good Sam trike rides will be cancelled.  I may try to set up another time this fall.  Our next "special ride" is the Burger Run on May 16th.  We'll have to wait and see what the COVID 19 rules are by then.

After my cap blew off in the wind while golfing on Thursday, my golf "buddies" noticed my long hair and said I should let it grow into a pony tail, grow a beard, and buy a chopper!

The sign in the hardware store Saturday morning said--
"I have used so much disinfectant, that when I pee, it cleans the toilet."

See you Wednesday night, hopefully!