Seven 2 LEGGERS and ONE 4 LEGGER TRAVEL TO THE ROOSTER

On a rather cool Wednesday night, we had seven humans and one canine make the ride to the Wired Rooster (aka Ruptured Rooster) Coffee House in Caledonia.  Jim D showed up with "Honey" both riding on his Harley.  ChucK and Dee arrive on the trike and bike.  Al cruises in on his Indian while Jim & Cathy arrive in time on their Gold Wing to fill out the Gelo quota.  Bob took the lead on his Gold Wing.

JIM D AND TRAVELING COMPANION "HONEY"

CHUCK & DEE ROLL IN

AL BACKS UP TO THE PUMPKINS

THE GELOS MAKE IT AN OFFICIAL RIDE

We left Casey's at 5:30 under partly cloudy skies and a temp in the low 70's.  Taking HWY 76 north past Hanover, Dorchester, and Eitzen, the original plan to journey west into Spring Grove was changed as we spotted dark rainy clouds hovering to the west.  So opting to stay dry, we kept going on HWY 76 on into Caledonia where we stopped at one of Jim & Cathy's favorite hangouts, the Wired Rooster.

AKA THE RUPTURED ROOSTER

MAIN STREET CALEDONIA

"HONEY" WILL SOON BE LOOKING FOR A FIRE HYDRANT

After sampling some of the Rooster's coffee and ice cream, we continued through Caledonia and took CR 5 out of town heading east.  CR 5 eventually joined up with CR 14 and we took 14 (an infamous road) down to HWY 26 near Millstone Landing.  Turning south on 26, we passed through New Albin and just outside of town turned onto Iowa River Drive heading southwest.  Again it looked like we might get wet before we arrived back in Waukon, so we continued onto Lycurgus Road over to HWY 9.  Turning west onto 9 we followed it on wet pavement on into Waukon.  It looked as if we just missed a pretty good shower, so very skillful guiding kept us dry.  We pulled into the City Club for eats where the conversation turned to elderberries.  I had 74 miles on the Wing when I got home.  Apparently the Wednesday Night Riders now have a mascot!

COUPLES TRIP

It looks like we will be having eight couples making the journey this weekend to the John Deere Tractor & Engine Museum in Waterloo and the Matchbook Marvels Museum in Gladbrook and spend the night in Toledo.  We will be departing Casey's at 8:30 Saturday morning.  Looks like good weather!

HOSPICE RIDE

For those not going on the Couples' Trip, I strongly recommend attending the Winneshiek Medical Hospice Ride on Sunday.  This is an event that the Wednesday Night Riders try to attend, but this year the ride was postponed from June to this Sunday, so it ended up being on the same weekend as our Couples' Trip.

The Hospice Ride will start at the Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah at 11 AM on Sunday.  The WMC will be hosting a breakfast before the ride from 9-10:30 for a free-will donation.  The cost of the ride which will end at Topling Goliath at 4:30 is $15 and goes for a very worthwhile cause.  Hopefully next year our dates won't conflict.