SOME LATE FALL THOUGHTS

With the seemingly upcoming rapid drop in temps this past week, I was able to squeeze in a short ride on Wednesday.  I thought about trying it again on Thursday, but got spooked out by the rain showers.  So instead I finished winterizing the two-wheeler and the trike.

A SAD DAY!

 Friday rolled around, and it was time to honor our veterans.  I did attend a "Quilts of Valor" presentation at the library where Julie and her quilting group passed out quilts they had made to deserving veterans.  I also attended a get-together at the new veterans museum here in Waukon on Saturday.  An interview with Sherrie White, a nurse who served in Viet Nam was presented, and several of our Allamakee County Viet Nam veterans also were invited to tell about some of their experiences.  If you have not made it yet to visit this museum located in the old Vet's Club, I highly recommend it!

Just to let everyone know, I made a contribution to Camp Courageous in honor of Meryle Honn.  He always enjoyed our trip down to Monticello for the pancakes and omelets.  I found out that the contribution went to help with the veterans' monument that is located there.  Since Meryle was a Korean War veteran, I thought this was very appropriate.  Here's a photo of the tribute to veterans that is now located at Camp Courageous.

And finally here's my own thoughts concerning our deserving veterans.

Now it's time for some drivel.

Does this look like our departure from Casey's on Wednesday nights?  Highlight the link and then click on it.

https://www.facebook.com/1168086355/videos/530649631749826/

Terry sent me this one.  Just in case you want to ride this winter!

Julie sent me this for all you pet lovers like Jim D.  Can he teach Honey to lean?

Julie and I also had birthdays this month.

Julie and I will be leaving on this coming Saturday for a cruise that will include the Panama Canal.  So we will be spending Thanksgiving aboard a cruise ship with a group of our motorcycling friends from all over the country.  We will return from that trip in early December, and I may have some observations to share with you then.  Near the end of December we will be making our journey down to Panama City Beach, FL, to spend January and February with some of our biker friends from Florida and Alabama.

ChucK and Dee have mentioned that they would like to see our group have an end-of-the-year get-together sometime at the Uptown Waukon Grill (formerly Vet's Club).  This would not take the place of our PMS get-together we have in April.  Since I am pretty well "bagged out" from the organizing I've done this year, I'm going to leave it up to them to make the call.  I'll keep you posted if this is something that's going to happen.

In the meantime--HAPPY THANKSGIVING!