EVEN DOZEN ON WEDNESDAY

 Again we were treated to another "chamber of commerce" day in northeast Iowa.  The pleasant sunny skies and temps in the low 80's drew an even dozen Wednesday Night Riders to Casey's this Wednesday.  The three-wheel crowd was dominant with 8 units and 10 riders.  Richard & Melodye, Wayne, Terry, Dave, Bernell & Kathy, Roger, Ron, and Bob all arrived on three wheels.  The two bikers were Mike and Bill.

MIKE IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR

THE SLINGSHOT ARRIVES

WAYNE JOINS US AGAIN

DAMN BUGS!

GD BUGS!!

SOME FRIENDLY PRERIDE CONVERSATION

TERRY MOTORS IN

DAVE ARRIVES

GOOD TO SEE BURNELL & KATHY AGAIN

ROGER JOINS THE GANG

A GOOD CROWD BEGINS TO GATHER

BILL ADDS TO MAKE THE TWO WHEELES TWO

CHECK OUT RON'S FANCY BIKER SHOES!

The original plan was to go through Hawkeye, but with so many county roads being worked on around Hawkeye, we would just come close.

After leaving Casey's with the "dangerous" dozen, we motored down HWY 9 west for a short jog and then onto CR W60, aka West Ridge Road, aka Old Stage Road.  By whatever name you want to call it, we followed it south to Yellow River Drive  and turned back west. After a few curves, we arrived at HWY 51 and took it south again into Postville and onto HWY 18 heading west.  A smooth curvey ride on 18 took us into Clermont and then onto CR B40 (Great River Road).  

Part of the plan in taking CR B40 was that it meaners along the Turkey River and actually crosses it five times.  With all the heavy rainfall in the area recently, we observed a raging, but bankfull, Turkey River.  We continued on GRR westerly over to HWY 150 near El Dorado and turned south.  After about 4 miles, we pointed our wheels onto CR B44 (Nature Road).  

Nature Road ranks right up there with most of the fun roads to ride in the area.  It has some sweeping curves, it's smooth, and has some great views.  It also rolls through the metropolis of Douglas.  At the end of Nature Road we come to CR W14 (Rose Road) and head south again.  Rose road crosses HWY 18 and after two miles would lead into Hawkeye.  But again, with all the road construction going on, if we went into Hawkeye, we would just have to come back to HWY 18 again.  So instead of going into town, we turned east onto HWY 18 and cruised on into West Union where we stopped for a break at Casey's.  There the soft serve ice cream was a popular choice.  By this time we have crossed the Turkey River 8 times.

After leaving Casey's, we continued our journey by turning onto CR B64 (Golden Road) and heading easterly.  Golden Road is another "gem".  It's "pool table" smooth, has some neat scenery, along with sweeping curves.  This stretch of newly laid asphalt takes us into Elgin where we pick up CR B64 (Agate Road) and climb the hill out of town.  Again we pass over and along a swollen Turkey River as we make our way to Gunder.  There some of us stop for eats, while the rest head for their respective homes.

The meals at Gunder were both plentiful, tasty, and very reasonably priced.  After eating, the five of us continued our journey on Gunder Road (CR B60 and CR W64) up to HWY 18 again just outside of Postville.  The original plan was to cut through Postville and take Cherry Valley Road back, but with darkness starting to set in, we decided to stick to the main roads.  So we took 18 back into Postville and then onto HWY 51 again and headed north to HWY 9.  HWY 9 took us back into Waukon where I had 110 miles for the trip according to the clock on the trike.  We didn't quite make it to Hawkeye, but still a nice ride on a great night.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Next Wednesday the plan is to take the "mountain" route into Houston.

Labor Day, September 1st is our "Double Dip" Ice Cream Run".  We will depart Casey's at 1 that afternoon.

GETTING ACROSS THE RIVER WHEN THE LANSING BRIDGE CLOSES!