The weather Sunday was way above normal again, so to polish off the bonus weekend, I scheduled a ride again for that day. Same time, same place, except this time I wanted to go south, since the colors seemed brighter down that way on Friday. Down to Colesburg and Edgewood and back was the plan for the afternoon.
Again, Lois on her bike and Darrel on his trike were there at Casey's. Also joining us would be Howard on his bike and Gary & Gloria on their trike.
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| JULIE WAS THERE TO SEE US OFF |
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| LOIS PHOTOS THE "FEARLESS LEADER" |
With temps well into the 70's, but a southwest wind howling at 20+ mph, we departed down CR X16 (Forest Mills Road) heading south into Luana. I ran through the largest dust devil I had seen in a while right at Woodchuck Road. Must have been left there from Dee turning the corner on Saturday or from Jim & Cathy farming down that road!
After arriving in Luana, we turned east onto HWY 18, passing through Monona and then turning on CR X28 (Golden Avenue) and cruising into Farmersburg. We then took Fawn Hollow Road over to St. Olaf where another dust devil blew through. In St. Olaf I was able to capture a video of some tree color.
We passed through St. Olaf on 200th St. and over to the Norway Church at the corner of the Gunder Road. We turned south on the Gunder Road and motored on into Elkader where we stopped at the Fast Trak for a break.
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| LOIS WITH WINDBLOWN HAIR |
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| DARREL PARKS NEXT TO A BUCKING BRONCO |
After our break we headed for Colesburg by taking HWY 13 south to CR X3C (Grandview Road). We followed this scenic route all the way into Colesburg. The scenery seemed almost like the Smokey Mountains with all the dust in the air from the crop harvest. The bugs today weren't near as bad as the previous days, only because they were being blown away by the stiff wind. Grandview Road does still offer some spectacular scenery.
Grandview took us down through Elkport and into Garber where we avoided the rush hour and got onto the aptly named Colesburg Road (still X3C). This is another scenic stretch of blacktop that took us into town. After passing through Colesburg, we took HWY 3 west over to Edgewood where we stopped at Woods Edge Golf Club for some ice cream treats.
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| WOODS EDGE ALSO HAS A VERY NICE PICKLEBALL COURT |
Once we got inside the clubhouse, we were served some tasty hand-dipped ice cream.
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| GOOD ICE CREAM! |
And while eating our ice cream, we were entertained by the Woods Edge Halloween Band!
After the treats and entertainment, we passed through Edgewood and headed back north towards Littleport on CR X21 (Littleport Road). This smooth stretch of blacktop offers some outstanding scenery also, and with the bugs being less of a problem, I was able to capture some of the views on the video camera. Keeping the trike steady in the never ending wind took some doing.
We motored down the hill and passed through the metropolis of Littleport, which has been flooded out numerous times.
Littleport Road took us back to Grandview Road then back to HWY 13 and back through Elkader. I had planned to venture through McGregor and take HWY 76 north to the Waterville turn and go through Waterville and over to the Elon Road and back into Waukon. However, I think we were all being tired of fighting the wind that never did let up, so when we came to HWY18 we turned west again and headed for Monona, the shortest way back.
While some of us turned into Monona off HWY 18, Gary & Gloria continued their journey back home by passing through Luana again. The rest of the group motored through Monona on CR X26 (Falcon Avenue and then Volney Road) While on the Volney Road, we were treated to some fall colors. You can see some of the reds on the bluffs on the east side of the road through the trees.
Another view of some color on the Volney Road.
The Volney Road took us into rosey Rossville and onto HWY 76 again. We turned north on 76, which was the roughest stretch of road we had been on all day, and bounced into Waukon. I had about 130 miles on the trike, which ran my total for the weekend to just shy of 500 miles. I hope all of those who rode with me enjoyed the great fall weather, the colors, and most of all the fun on the rides.
WHAT ABOUT JIM & CATHY?
While we had some Gelo's along (Gary & Gloria) and Votsmier's (Lois) to make the rides official, everyone was wondering about Jim & Cathy. They did go for a ride on Saturday (for coffee naturally), but most of the time they were riding this.
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Oh, Bob, thank you for leading us on such great rides this weekend. The scenery on Tschumper was breathtaking with a bonus smell of apples from the orchard there!
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