We planned a ride to head south/southwest and posted it on the FB Group site but again no takers. Ted was going to the Slimey Crud Run with his brother and another guy which was pretty much the same direction I was planning on going but they like to ride super fast so I told him to go ahead without us. I chose this direction because once again gusty winds out of the Southwest. I found some pretty good back roads we have never been on before and eventually we decided to hit the Merrimac Ferry so we ended up going due west for a ways but the wind wasn’t so bad. We only had to wait for one crossing before us to get on the Ferry. After we got across we stopped at the University Club for a sandwich along Hwy 78. From there we headed west on Hwy 78 before turning around to head home because I needed to wash the bugs off of my visor. While I was cleaning my visor I noticed some guy walking towards and here it was Ted. They were inside the gas station and planned on taking Cty U back to Pardeeville to get something to eat, so we followed them. I especially wanted to know about Cty U since I screwed up when trying to take that two years ago. Well I figured out my mistake. A few miles south of Portage you can go straight or stay on U in a 90 degree angle left turn. That’s where I screwed up! We stopped outside of Caddy Shack bar for a little while to chat and take a picture before we broke off to head home. We took Cty P and then Hwy 68 to 151. We got beat up pretty good on Cty P, hence the southern wind gusts were hitting us broadside. Just love that feeling of leaning to go straight and having to use all of my upper body strength to keep leaning into the wind gusts… ugh! No I don’t want a bigger bike either. Pics and map to follow.
