6 PACK HITS THE ROAD

 This Wednesday night we had 6 riders show up at Casey's early enough to avoid the predicted rain.

Irv & Terry roared in with the Vette.  Richard and his Slingshot made the gathering.  And finally, Mike, Bill, and Bob were on bikes.  It was nice of ChucK and Dee to see us off!

DEE EXPLAINS THE "NO RIDE" SITUATION

ChucK REFUSED TO RIDE ON THE BACK OF DEE'S BIKE

DEE'S "ALTERNATE" TRANSPORTATION

THE SLINGSHOT LOOKS KIND OF ANGRY!

THAT ROAR YOU HEAR IS NOT THUNDER, IT'S THE VETTE!

The original plan for the ride was to head south to the Garnavillo area.  However, as "good" weathermen do, we looked at the sky and decided that going north would be our best bet.  So we took off heading through town with partly sunny skies and temps in the mid 60's.

We took HWY 76 north to Dorchester Drive (aka CR A16).  We were pleasantly surprised that Minnesota had resurfaced their portion of this route, so we were able to ride new, smooth blacktop all the way into Spring Grove.  I had avoiding taking this route before, because the Minnesota portion was so rough, but it's not that way anymore.  I'll have to include it in more of our trips next year, because it does offer some nice scenery.

After we reached Spring Grove, we turned east onto HWY 44 and followed it to CR 17 where we turned back south.  CR 17 ridden from this direction starts with a great downhill section that offers great views of the surrounding countryside.  This stretch of blacktop ends at HWY 76, and we made a short turn south and passed through Eitzen on Pool Hill Drive (aka CR 2).

Down the hill we went passing by one of the largest sheep and goat herds I remember seeing.  Pool Hill also offers some excellent views of the valleys in this part of two states as we pass through Minnesota and on into Iowa.  Pool Hill takes us to the outskirts of New Albin and we turn south again onto HWY 26.  My original thoughts were to turn onto Iowa River Drive, but most of us (Mike being the exception) have not been on this newly resurfaced road, so we stayed on it on into Lansing.  So far, so good with the rainfall.

Once in Lansing, Mike and Bill departed while the rest continued on HWY 9 into Waukon.  As we approached Church Town, it started to sprinkle some on us, and not wanting to get wet and chilly, we hurried on into Waukon.  I parked the Wing at home (about 80 miles on the clock) and took the pick-up back to Uptown to join the other three.

Knowing that our Wednesday nights are now limited with the approach of Daylight Savings Time, it was great to get another one in!  However, I am looking at the weekend of Oct. 21-22 to get in another day ride, so I'll keep you posted.  Right now both days look to be in the 60's for temps.

NEXT WEDNESDAY

I'm looking for a cruise through Allamakee County including Yellow River Forest Drive.

AND FINALLY!

On Sunday I did the scripture reading at church.  It was the story of Moses getting water from a rock.  All the time I was reading, here's what I was actually thinking...