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| LARRY SHOWING OFF HIS NEW JACKET AND HELMET (FROM JIMMY) |
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| NO CO-RIDER TONIGHT FOR JIM (JIMMY) |
Under partly sunny skies, a fairly brisk west wind, and 64 degrees, the group departed heading up HWY 76 north to Bear Creek Road. We headed west on BCR over to Locust Road and a little jog north and we were headed west again on CR W40 making for Hesper. As we turned south in Hesper onto CR A14, we got some sprinkles of rain. It was Wednesday night, right. What did we expect!
Fortunately the rain was just enough to put a few drops on the windshield and we turned south onto the North Winn Road. The northern part of the North Winn Road was rather rough, but as we passed the North Winn School, the pavement became very smooth. The NWR took us over to HWY 52 where we turned south and motored to just outside of Luther College and took the Pole Line Road west. The Pole Line Road proved to be a nice stretch of road over to CR W14 that took us south into Ridgeway. CR W14 is a rather rough road, so it probably would have better to continue on the Pole Line Road over to HWY 9 near Cresco and come back on 9 to Ridgeway.
In Ridgeway we took a break at the Engen Express convenience store. While Jim (aka Jimmy) plugged in his heated jacket, Howard polished off an ice cream sandwich! We left Ridgeway heading east on HWY 9 and with the wind at our backs, we sailed through Decorah and on into Waukon. I had 99 miles on the Wing when I parked her in the shed. While the weather wasn't ideal for motorcycling, I will use the "common" phrase for northeast Iowa weather--"It could have been worse."
We talked about possibly organizing a ride on Sunday (Mothers' Day), but looking at the forecast (high of 47 degrees and 50% chance of rain) we may have to wait for next Wednesday to see if the apple orchards are in bloom yet.
Here's some humor supplied by Jim (Jimmy)
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