Just looked over those route sheets and man I cant wait!
The anticipation I feel shortly before a motorcycle trip is similar to the way I used to feel as a kid the day before summer vacation, ha!
Ray K and Jay W were instrumental in helping me put this route together 6 (7?) years ago. My favorite stretches are: The decent into Rolling Stone on 25 from the north is very pretty. 25 south from I-90 all the way south to 43 is pretty as well. There is a long sweeping right-hander that begins here (43.86121, -91.79242) and is fun to get leaned over on! Cty 27/26 between Rushford and Money Creek is money! New pavement as of a year or 2 ago. Very fun! Hwy 4 south of Houston running all the way to Spring Grove is full of fast sweepers. This stretch can have a lot of gravel given there are a lot of farms. ALL of the Iowa roads are very fun ... go figure! You will notice a change in pavement color on 16 about 2 miles south of Spring Grove. You are in Iowa at that line.
Welcome Brian! You and your friend with the other FJR (forgot his name) were members of the 1000 mile Iron Butt riders if I remember correctly. I followed you out of Durand on the red CBR. Thanks for joining us and come again. Perhaps Canada Ridge road will be cleaner next time!
There was a pretty nifty chain cleaning tool that I saw on FB (I think). I did some checking of the usual big online distributors and I don't think I see it. It was an "all-in-one" enclosed type setup. Anyone remember it and if so please share.
Route sheets edited. Mileage amounts rounded up or down as appropriate, unless the increment was less than a mile.
For those that need a quick primer: first column = Direction Left, Right, North, South, East, West 2nd column = Road Name 3rd column = Distance to travel on that road 4th column = Accumulated miles
Hey Mark. Has it been several years since your last time through it? I looked at Google Maps street view and it looks like it did for me last year, but I haven't been through it this year. Perhaps memory is deceiving you?
Cty Rd 4 from just south of Houston all the way to Spring Grove
Rushford to Money Creek: It's called many things given it crosses a county line, but it's St Hwy 27 then Cty 26 ... fresh pavement last year. Tight, fun road!
Hwy 25 from Wyattville to Hwy 43
Route sheets attached for the GPS route displayed.
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