Since today could possibly be the last warmest day of the season we planned a group ride to check out the fall foliage in the Wisconsin Rapids area and I had planned to stop at park along the river where we stopped last year in Port Edwards. We had six bikes this trip: Sue, Nicki, Pete, Tom B., Kevin and me. We met in G&L’s main parking lot at 9:30 and headed west. We stopped for a much needed bathroom break in Princeton. Apparently Nicki needed it more than me, hence as soon as we stopped she had disappeared. Too much coffee! From there we kept heading west and stopped for gas in Westfield. From there even further west until we came up on Cty Z along the Wisconsin River. Just before hitting Z we were on Cty F and boy were there some spectacular colors along there. Once we got to Port Edwards I never saw the park with the really cool granite rock shoreline and got us twisted around so Kevin led and I told him the directions and street to look for for the Tamarack Pub where I had planned for us to eat and watch part of the game. Well we weren’t finding that and getting near the edge of town so I told him to just stop anywhere that looked decent. Right then we hit a red light and noticed a pub on the corner so I told him to go there. It was the Sportsmen’s Pub so they must have the game on, except they didn’t look busy for a game day. Turns out they had the game on two flat panels, great service and good sandwiches. From there stopped at the BP a little ways up across the street from the pub. When we left there we crossed Ruby Avenue, the street the Tamarack was on. Oh well it turned out just fine. I still wanted to head back to find that park to take some nice scenery pictures, which we realized must have been in Nekoosa. Yep Kevin was right again! However, I didn’t think that was the park because the water was so high you couldn’t see the rocks, just barely the top of one. I took a few pics of the colorful trees across the river. From there we took Hwy 73 with only one stop in Neshkoro for a stretch and then to Green Lake before working around the construction on Hwy 23 and taking Hwy 23 the rest of the way home. Because of my screw ups that caused delays I wanted to take highways as much as possible all the way home since Sue wanted to be home by no later than 4. We didn’t get back to town until 4:3ish… sorry Sue!
