Yes, the weather witch was out again this Wednesday evening, but she got challenged! Waiting at Casey's last night were Irv, Al, and Kenny (newbie) when Bob R arrived. He noticed that it looked like some decent weather to the south, and said he was going to head that way. He was the only one that left. However, he was met heading south by Jim, who also planned to go in spite of the outlook. So the dynamic duo (not Batman and Robin, but closer to Heckle and Jeckle) continued south challenging the witch.
We encountered a few sprinkles on the Forest Mills Road until we got past the Gelo ponderosa, and the rain stopped. We continued onto Cherry Valley Road and on into Postville and onto HWY 18 east. After a short jaunt on 18 we turned south again onto the Gunder Road. We did pick up a few more sprinkles near Gunder, but again they were very light and short. We did see quite an unusual set of showers to the west of us as we continued on through Gunder and down into Elkader.
However most of the way we were headed, the sky was sunny and blue and comfortable temps in the 70's.
We continued on through Elkader and then took HWY 13 north for a short time and turned onto HWY 128 east through Clayton Center and onto HWY 52 south for a short trip into Garnavillo for a reat stop.
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| WE DEFY THE WITCH |
After our break we left Garnavillo on CR C17 (Clayton Road) heading east again. We then turned south on CR X56 and cruised down into McGregor where Bob ran the stop sign right in front of a city cop. We continued on through McGregor and Marquette and headed up HWY 76 north. I'd planned to take us through Harpers Ferry and Elon back to Waukon, but when we got to the top of the hill, we could see another storm front brewing to the south. So we scooted as fast as the bumps on 76 (Terry E. Branstad Memorial By Way South) would take us. Both of the duo made it home dry, and I had 95 miles on the wing as I pulled into the shed. Looking outside from the garage, here's what we missed.
Sometimes you gotta stay home, but sometimes you just gotta challenge the witch. Did the duo luck out? No way. Just pure "skill"!
SUNDAY
On this Sunday, the 31st, I'm planning on going on a "Make-Up for Wednesday" ride. It's about time to ride Thumper Road near LaCrescent again. This is arguably the most scenic four miles in the tri-state area. I try to ride this once in the spring and once in the fall. It's supposed to be sunny and in the 70's on Sunday, so if you want to ride along, I'll be leaving Casey's at 1 PM on Sunday.
Cathy took a photo of our group last Wednesday heading for the orchards.
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