OK, the rally is right around the corner. Here's a little of what's in store. As always, anyone can do their own thing at any time if they want.
Thursday, 6/24 Show up day for most of us. Nothing really planned, meet & greet at the hotel on the deck in the afternoon. We can have some pizzas delivered or go get food somewhere, really loose plans here, mostly we'll play it by ear.
Friday, 6/25 10:00am(ish) We'll do a short but twisty and fun ride down to Savanna, IL to Poopy's for lunch or if someone wants to get tattooed or something. Here's a couple maps of the ride to and from Savanna. Ride to Poopys Ride back from Poopys
Friday evening at 5:30 is the 2nd annual Happy Hour Cruise on the Mississippi River. We will leave from the hotel at 5:00 and hopefully this year the trip to the marina will be a little shorter
Saturday 6/26 9:00 AM The Great River Road awaits. The big ride this year will head up the Iowa side of the river and back down the Wisconsin side. We will stop for breakfast at Breitbachs Inn in Balltown, IA, continue up the river to Lansing, over to WI, and down towards Potosi to our lunch stop at Potosi Brewery . The Brewery is not only a restaurant but is also home to the National Brewery Museum. From Potosi we will wind our way back to the hotel in East Dubuque. Other stops along the route are To Be Determined, but there will be scenic stops along the way, and for gas, etc. Here's a map. Saturday ride map
Saturday night we'll decide where to go for dinner, we will probably not want to ride anywhere, so the restaurant near the hotel we went to last year may work out well for us again. http://timmermanssupperclub.com/ . We'll see how it goes.
Sunday 6/27 Go Home! For me and my entourage, we will have breakfast at a restaurant in downtown Galena, then take Stagecoach Trail back east towards Rockford and on to Chicago. If anyone going east would like to join us you're more than welcome.
These plans are tentative and can change, but hopefully the weather will cooperate and everything will go great. Again, if anyone doesn't want to do all or any of this, you're by no means obligated. Everyone is free to do their own thing. See you guys in 10 days.
