ANOTHER GREAT EARLY FALL RIDE

 Ten riders, including Honey, showed up on Wednesday night for our 5 O'clock run.  Darrel, ChucK, Irv, and Ron & Helen brought their trikes.  Jim D (and Honey), Chuckles, Dee, and Bob were aboard bikes.

GOTTA WIPE THE BUGS OFF THE GLASSES

NOW WHICH BUTTON IS THE STARTER?!

ChucK observes Dee's one-legged dismount

JIM & HONEY MUGG FOR THE CAMERA

IRV ARRIVES IN A BLURR

With temps in the upper 70's and partly sunny skies we began our journey by taking HWY 76 and then turning onto Forest Mills Road.  After about 5 miles on FMR we turned west onto Yellow River Drive and roared past the Gelo domain.  Since the sun was partly hidden by clouds, we didn't get much glare heading west.  We did, however, notice a lot of dust in the air due to the harvest taking place in the farm fields.  In fact, we had to wait for a combine to cross the bridge on YRD, because there was not enough room for a bike and a combine at the same time!

We continued on Yellow River Drive west over to HWY 51 and then took a short jog north and turned west gain onto the Frankville Road.  For some reason, the Frankville Road passes through Frankville on its way back to HWY 9!  Once reaching HWY 9 we turned back south onto Centennial Road and once again observed a lot of combines in the fields.  After a short cruise on Centennial, we turned back west on Sand Road and into Ossian.

We don't know whether the city of Ossian had planned on turning Becker Avenue into a beach or not, but there was enough sand on this street to call it a sand bar!  After negotiating the sand in town we left Ossian via CR B32 heading west again into Festina.  Upon reaching Festina, we turned south onto HWY 150 and followed some recently resurfaced blacktop to the Great River Road near Eldorado.  Our journey east on GRR on well maintained concrete offered some scenic views of the countryside and actually crosses the Turkey River four times.  

The GRR led us to HWY 18 just outside of Clermont where we stopped at Casey's there for a short break.

THE LINEUP AT CASEY'S

  With some clouds partially blocking the sunset, we knew we were going to have to keep moving to get back before dark, so we just continued on HWY 18 east on into Postville.  Once there we took HWY 51 north up to HWY 9 and said goodbye to Ron & Helen as they turned back west towards home.  The rest of our convoy took HWY 9 east back into Waukon for eats at the City Club.  I had 88 miles on the Wing parked on Main St.  ANOTHER DELIGHTFUL EARLY FALL RIDE!

REMINDER ABOUT SUNDAY

We have a RTE scheduled for a scenic trip up to Rockton for their "nearly world famous" barbequed chicken.  We will be departing Casey's at 10 AM on Sunday.  If you expect to eat the chicken, then reservations are needed.  You can let Bob know by Friday, or after that call the Rockton Bar yourself and make your own reservations.  EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

NEXT WEDNESDAY

Bob will be on a golf outing, so you will need a new leader for the Wednesday night ride.  Good luck, and be safe!