Meet'n'greet'n'cruise ... IL/IA ... Oct 22

[carista]

Oh yeah....lots of 4 wheeling! We have 2 ATVs.... and the Jeep is my work car, lol. Do you know where he goes? The is one ATV 'park' in Gilbert, and then lots of rural trails Virginia, Eveleth, Hibbing, Aurora are in the quad cities.

He goes to Gilbert, when I go with him we usually stay at a Super 8 right outside of Gilbert I think. He's got a '99 jeep tj with 7" of lift and lockers and all that good stuff...expensive hobby, thats for sure. He used to have 2 three wheelers he'd bring up occasionally also, but sold those now. When we get some extra money we'd like to get a four wheeler or two and start bringing those up. Thats when I have fun, not too much fun being a passenger in his jeep and I never felt very safe on the the three wheelers. I LOVE 4 wheelers though. It's fun up there...I can only imagine what it would be like if we lived up there, I probably would never see my husband

 

[carista]

Carista,

I happened to be listening to a couple radio shows (for the Chicago Bears) as I was driving my cars today and the general "wonderings" seems to be if the events of last week will adversely affect the Vikings in the game Sunday.

If they are professionals, it shouldn't affect their on-field play. But, according to a couple reports anyway, the owner of the Vikings is considering disciplinary action, but seems to have his hands tied because if he disciplines too much, he won't be able to field a team. Course, I've no idea if that is true...just going by what people have been hearing and talking about on the radio....

Tomorrow's Bears/Vikings game will be interesting .

Ok, you're talking about the Vikings...EVERYTHING affects their on-field play. I don't have much doubt that the disciplinary action won't be much to talk about, what will be is when they get sued by all the women on the boats....by the way the games on right now 3rd quarter 3-7
Bears (big suprise)

 

[Guest]

Carista,

Has the MN media mentioned anything about what disciplinary action will be taken?

BTW....Bears 28, Vikings 3




Oh...and, for everyone else:
What are you doing Saturday, October 22?

 

[carista]

Carista,

Has the MN media mentioned anything about what disciplinary action will be taken?

BTW....Bears 28, Vikings 3


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I haven't heard anything, but then again I'm not so into listening about the Vikings these days either.

 

[Guest]

Hmm...maybe the disciplinary action will be of the "hush hush" variety....

 

[Guest]

Let me know now if you are even _thinking_ about participating ... I'll send you my cell ph# to call if you decide to join the fun anywhere along the way! Some highlights/reminders follow....



SCHEDULE

8:45a
...meet at Meijer/Menards, NE corner of Randall & Bose Rds, Elgin IL

9a
...depart for Galena IL, via RT 20 W (scenic), with possible stop in Marengo IL (or elsewhere) depending on who all plans to join along the way

11amish
...arrive in the Freeport IL area. I know Roger will join us at the IL RT 20/IL RT 26 interchange; others are welcome, too. We can plan a stop if need be. IL RT 20 includes a slight detour west of Lena IL.

12:30pmish
...arrive in Galena IL for lunch (tentatively at Culver's), with others joining us for lunch. Depending on time, we might stop at the lookout tower along IL RT 20.

2pmish
...gas-up the cars and leave Galena IL, taking RT 20 W over to Dubuque IA, stopping perhaps to pick up others along the way....

Afternoon drive
...follow scenic RT 52 S
...stop at Sabula IA to take pictures of the cars, hopefully with fall colors in the background
...use I-80 to cross back to IL

5pmish
...arrive in the Quad Cities area for dinner, with others possibly joining. Restaurant choices include Cheddars in Davenport IA or Bud's Skyline Inn (near Moline IL, I believe).

6:30pmish
...gas stop
...leave the Quad Cities area, taking scenic RT 84 N back to RT 20
(OR)
...find a local cruise, stay overnight somewhere & head north Sunday morning



NOTES
...participating in the entire trip is _not_ required ... you can join and leave us anywhere along the route....
...don't let gas prices be an "excuse" ... since we can carpool and enjoy company along the route
...classic and newer cars/trucks/vans are welcome to join us as this is about having fun, enjoying a drive and socializing!
...depending on time and interest, we may see the John Deere place/museum in the Quad Cities area



So.....what ARE _you_ doing Saturday, October 22?