TRIO RIDES IN TWILIGHT

 With maybe the last Wednesday night for riding, we had three riders show up on a cloudy but warm evening.  Darrel rode over on his trike.  Chuckles showed up on his Harley, and Bob led the ride on his Wing.

"WHO ARE YOU AGAIN?"

"SOMEDAY YOU'LL OWN ONE OF THESE."

With daylight burning away quickly, we knew our ride would have to be a short one, so we left Casey's and headed out east from Waukon on the Elon Road.  Even though it was cloudy, we could still make out some of the tree colors across the valleys.  We turned to the south on Waterville Road and cruised along the smooth blacktop on through Waterville and up to HWY 76.  Turning south on 76 (one of our "smooth as a pool table top" state highways), we made our bumpy way down the hill into Marquette.  I think we rode along side of the world's longest train on our way into town.  After arriving in town, we noticed the striking colors on the bluff behind the new motel.  Once we passed through Marquette, we made our way onto HWY 18 and headed west.  We stayed on 18 and saw many combines working the crops on our way through Giard, Froelich, and Monona.  Once we reached Postville, we made our way through the residential area and onto Cherry Valley Drive.  Since it was cloudy, it was getting dark faster than expected, so we hustled right along on Cherry Valley and arrived at Forest Mills Road.  There we turned the iron horses north and sped past the Gelo spread and up to HWY 76.  From there we made our way back into Waukon and stopped for eats at the City Club.  It was getting plenty dark by then, but still above 60 degrees and no rain.

DARKNESS WAS SETTING IN

 While enjoying our meal, the conversation turned to plans to make for the warmer climes of Arizona and Florida.

I had 80 miles on the Wing when I parked her on Main St. Thanks to Chuckles and Darrel for accompanying me!  Hopefully this is not our last Wednesday night ride, but with daylight savings time looming soon, I'm afraid it might be.  Here's hoping we have some "indian summer" weather, and can get some riding in on warm weekends.  The tree colors are really getting spectacular right now!