NEW RECORD ON WEDNESDAY--MEMORIAL DAY RIDE & COOKOUT

 On a beautiful Wednesday evening, we had a record number of riders show up at Casey's.  The previous record for number of riders was sixteen.  We had 21 on Wednesday!

Trying not to leave anyone out, we had two "newbies".  Kevin came in a support convertible, and John was aboard an Indian bike.  Making their first appearance this season were Meryle & Mary and Ron & Helen on trikes along with Nancy on her bike and Greg C on his CanAm.  We also had Lois, Chuckles, Beth, Dee, and Larry on bikes.  Darrel, Wayne, Irv, and Bob rode trikes while Ken, David, and Dale & Greg drove their convertibles.

BETH GASSES UP HER HARLEY

DAVID GOT "PERMISSION" TO TAKE THE CONVERTIBLE

"NEWBIE" KEVIN & HIS CONVERTIBLE

THE "CROWD" GATHERS

CHUCKLES GREETS NANCY

"NEWBIE" JOHN'S INDIAN

RON & HELEN ARRIVE

IRV JOINS THE GROUP

"NEWBIE" JOHN ON HIS INDIAN

NANCY CAN REALLY DRAW A CROWD!

GREG C'S RIDE

ONLY ONE OF THESE WILL FINISH

Bob's destination for the night was to venture over to Wauzeka, WI, so we departed Casey's at 5:30 sharp and headed south on HWY 76 to Forest Mills Road. Forest Mills Road had been recently been chip sealed, so there was a pretty fair amount of loose gravel for about 3 miles.  However, LOOSE GRAVEL signs were posted, and Bob will call the county engineer's office in the morning and thank him for putting up the signs so we could cautiously proceed.  We followed FMR into Luana and then took HWY 18 east through Monona and into Marquette where we had to stop for the bridge repair.  We were fortunate with this large group to hit the stop light just right so everyone could make it through on into Prairie du Chien.

In PDC we took HWY 35 south to HWY 80 heading west on into Wauzeka where we stopped at the BP for a break.

WAYNE NEEDS TO GAS UP

WE ARRIVE AT THE BP

OUR GROUP DOUBLES THE POPULATION OF WAUZEKA

READY TO HIT THE ROAD AGAIN

OVERFLOW PARKING

We passed back through Wauzeka and past the "troll" bridge onto CR N heading west.  CR N offers a smooth and scenic ride over to HWY 27.  We turned north onto 27 and just north of Eastman we took CR D down the hill to HWY 35 again.  CR D is another one of the scenic "alphabet" roads in this part of Wisconsin.  Once we reached HWY 35 we ventured north through Lynxville and Ferryville and then took HWY 82 west across the Blackhawk Bridge into Lansing.  We then took a newly improved HWY 9 back into Waukon where some of us stopped for eats at City Club.  It was there that we learned from John the intricacies of operating a movie theater.  I had 115 miles on the trike when I retired her for the night.  Hopefully John and Kevin enjoyed the ride and the company and will join us again.

UPDATE ON JIM & CATHY

As many of you know Jim & Cathy took their Gold Wing on a trip down to Houston, TX to visit the kids.  While they did run into some rain on the way down, the way back became much more dramatic.  Just outside of Bowling Green, MO, Jim struck a piece of dislodged concrete on the highway.  Fortunately he was able to keep the bike upright, but the front rim was so severely bent that it was impossible to ride any further.  They were now able to rent a U haul truck and should be back home sometime on Thursday.  While everyone was relieved to hear they weren't hurt, an anonymous source commented, "Maybe brother Larry could give Jim some driving lessons!"  Glad we can joke about it!

MEMORIAL DAY RIDE AND COOKOUT

Monday is time for our annual Memorial Day ride and cookout.  Last year we did do the ride, but because of Covid, we couldn't do the cookout.  This year, however, if the weather cooperates, we should be able to do both.  As in previous years, we will gather at Casey's at 1 PM for the ride.  It will be a scenic tour touching the tri-states and then return to Waukon for the cookout at the Rotach house around 5:30.  Bring your own drinks and a snack, salad or desert to pass.  If you need to keep your drinks or food refrigerated, you can drop them off at the Rotach's before the ride. Brats will be furnished and grilled by Bob.  If you can't make the ride, you are certainly welcome to come to the cookout for some good eats and fellowship.  We should get back from the ride around 5:30.  EVERYONE IS WELCOME!