As long as Mother Nature keeps sending us lots of sunshine and warmer than normal temps, we keep riding. Such was the case Saturday when a few Wednesday Night Riders took advantage of a great fall day and gathered at Casey's for a ride.
Four of us started the ride with Darrel and ChucK on trikes and Dee and Bob on bikes. We left town via the Elon Road and then turned onto Waterville Road and cruised through Waterville and over to HWY 76. As we stopped at the intersection of 76 and Waterville Road, the "check engine light" lit up on ChucK's trike, so he decided not to take a chance on the rest of the ride and returned home.
The three of us continued our route down 76 into Marquette and across the bridge into Prairie du Chien. We continued on through PDC on HWY 18 and then took CR C west over to CR X and then onto CR P. With the sun still warming us, we turned onto CR A and cruised on over to CR VV. This scenic stretch of blacktop took us along the river and then past Nelson Dewey State Park and Stonefield Village. If you are ever in the area and want to visit a well done historic sight, then check out Stonefield.
(https://www.southwestwi.com>stonefield)
CR VV ends at HWY 133 and we took it on into town and then turned onto HWY 81. Just before leaving Cassville we stopped at the BP Convenience store there for warm drinks.
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| WE PARK IN THE SUNSHINE |
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| ENJOYING WARM DRINKS |
While we were on our break, Dee called ChucK and reported that he had made it home ok. She also asked us about the ferry that crosses the river from south of Guttenberg over to Cassville. We indicated that is pretty dependent on weather and river levels, but I said that would be a good Ride To Eat trip for next year.
We then continued on HWY 81 heading north and passing through Beetown and onto newly paved HWY 35. Both of these stretches of road, particularly 81, offer some great views. 35 took us on into Lancaster and onto HWY 61 passing through town and and connecting with CR K just on the north edge of Lancaster. CR K remains one of my favorite routes as it heads north passing through Mt. Ida and ending on HWY 133 just outside of Woodman. Cruising through Woodman, we rolled into Boscobel and stopped at the Quick Trip for gas and a short break. You could really tell the temperature differences between the sunlight and riding in the shaded areas.
After our break, we left Boscobel on HWY 61 and then took a short jog on HWY 60 west over to CR E. This is a scenic route that takes us on a journey over to Steuben (all roads lead to Stueben). I had planned to take E all the way up to HWY 27, but the bridge being out just west of Steuben prevented that. As we were turning around and having to make our way back on HWY 35 through Wauzeka, a friendly local stopped and told us of a route we could take to get around the closed road and continue our journey on CR E.
We went back through Steuben, found Bridge St., and then onto Citron N Rd and Citron West Rd. and eventually ended up on the other side of the closed bridge and back onto CR E. See, all roads do lead to Steuben! We continued our westerly journey on E up to HWY 27 heading north. We passed through Seneca and Mt. Sterling and turned back east onto HWY 171. We cruised down the hill to HWY 35 and turned north again and on through Ferryville to HWY 82. Across the grated bridge, we passed through Lansing and onto HWY 9 and arrived in Waukon after racking up about 189 miles on my Wing. Darrel and Dee probably got over 200 miles on their OD's. Again we were able to take advantage of a great fall day and continue our riding season!
Actually, the weather looks great for a Wednesday night ride this week. It will no doubt be our last for the season, so see you at Casey's at 5 on Wednesday.
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