LUCK 13 TO STEUBEN

After all the heat the past couple of weeks, the temps in the mid 70's actually felt a little cool to the thirteen Wednesday Night Riders assembled at Casey's Wednesday night.
Bernell & Kathy on their Spyder, Chuck & Dee on their Harley, Ron on his Harley, Irv on his Harley, and Wayne on the DFT made up the three wheeled contingent.  Howard on a Harley, Larry on a Yamaha, Al on an Indian, and Bob on a Wing formed the two wheeler brigade.  Dale and Greg supplied the "support" convertible.

GASSING UP THE SPYDER

GOOD TO SEE THE RED SUPPORT CONVERTIBLE AGAIN

CHUCK & DEE ARRIVE

THE REST OF THE CREW

IS THIS TRUE?!

We set out to see for ourselves if all roads do lead to Steuben under partly cloudy skies.  Taking HWY 76 south and turning south on Forest Mills Road, we buzzed by the Gelo estate and on into Luana.  Passing the Luana Bank, we got on HWY 18 east and went through Monona, Froelich, Giard, and Marquette on our way into Prarie du Chien.  We really lucked out on the stop light at the bridge by hitting it turning green just as we approached.  With everyone safely through the light, we turned into the edge of PDC on Main and then onto CR K along the Mississippi.  We followed K to Limery Road and then turned east again.  Crossing HWY 35 we continued on Limery up the hill past the orchard and onto HWY 27 heading north.  We stayed on 27 through Eastman and then took HWY 179 down the hill into the Kickapoo Valley and sure enough, the roads did lead us to Steuben.  Actually, the route on 179 from Eastman to Steuben is a really fun trip.  The highway is smooth and offers some neat sweeping curves.  I rate it in the top 10 for fun routes we usually ride in the summer.
Arriving at our destination, we frequented Lou's R&R for some thirst quenching.

WE ARRIVE

A HEADACHE IN STEUBEN?  MUST BE THE ALTITUDE!

EVERYONE'S HERE WITH PLENTY OF PARKING

DOES HE ALWAYS DRIVE WITH ONE FOOT HANGING OUT?!

After a few sodas, we continued our journey by taking CR E back up the hill to HWY 27 again.  We turned north passing through Seneca, Mt. Sterling, and Fairview until we we just passed Rising Sun where we turned onto CR B back west.  CR B is another fun and scenic drive down to the Mississippi again and HWY 35.  Taking 35 north just outside of Ferryville we followed it to HWY 82 west and crossed the bridge into Lansing.  Normally we would take the Lansing/Harpers and Elon Roads back to Waukon, but since the county was chip sealing on Lansing/Harpers, we continued on HWY 9 west.  Just outside of Lansing, we came across a doe and fawn standing in the middle of the highway.  They stood there for quite a while and I thought I was going to have to get off the Wing and herd them away.  Finally they moseyed off the road and back into the woods.  It always amazed me that with thousands of wooded acres on either side of the road, deer still will stand in the middle of a paved road.  And I have friends who hunt deer and say they are "smart" animals!
We continued on the "Are they ever going to get this road done"?, HWY 9 through Churchtown and finally into downtown Waukon.  Irv, Howard, Wayne, and Bob stopped at City Club for supper while the rest continued on home before dark.  It was hard to believe, but a jacket actually felt pretty good coming back.  I had 117 miles on the Wing when I parked her.  

NEXT WEDNESDAY

Since Jim, Chuckles, Chuck K, Clair, and Bob will be on the Men's Trip journey to see the Ark in Williamstown, KY, you will have to elect a new leader for the ride next Wednesday.  If everything goes right and the Ark doesn't set sail with us aboard, we should be back on the following Saturday.