On Saturday, September 13th, Dale and I met at 9:00 to ride to Hannibal, MO to meet with Jeff #1 from Indianapolis and his friend, Jeff #2. From there we headed to the Ozarks in Arkansas for a few days of riding the twisties. It was brisk a 43 degrees when we left home and the highest we saw for the day was 62 degrees.
At about 8:30 on Sunday we left Hannibal to take MO Hwy 19 south to Mammoth Springs, AR where we stopped at the Mammoth Springs State Park, Jeff #2 had never been there before.
From there we rode to Mountain Home, AR where we stopped at Gaston’s for supper. Gaston’s is a well known trout fishing resort on the White River below the dam that creates Bull Shoals Reservoir. After supper it was of to Marble Falls to the Hub Motorcycle Resort where we stayed for the next 2 nights.
Jeff #2 was starting to feel sick late Sunday and was still feeling pretty rough Monday morning, so he decided to head home and take two days as he had planned on leaving on the 16th anyway. So after breakfast at the Neighbors Mill restaurant, Jeff headed home and we went for a ride. First it was to Eureka Springs and down the Pig’s Tail, highway 23 to Mt. Magazine State Park and then worked our way back to “The Hub”.
Tuesday found us headed to Little Rock to an Indian motorcycle dealer in the area so Jeff could look at them again. He has been thinking about buying one. After a late lunch we went to Russellville, AR where we spent the night.
Our goal Wednesday was to ride north on MO 7 to Harrison but on our way up we saw that Harrison was getting heavy rain so we jogged west to 23 and went to Eureka Springs instead.
Thursday I headed back home so I could get ready to leave for Lake Chippewa by Hayward, WI on Saturday. When I left Eureka Springs a 6:55 there was a light rain. Dale and Jeff were spending one more day before heading home. It was a 684 mile trip for me and I got in at 5:35, a 10 hour 40 minute ride.
We drove to Lake Chippewa on Saturday the 20th, got set up and after supper we sat around a campfire. Terry and Elaine were coming in on Sunday. Marlin and Deloris came on Tuesday and left on Friday.
That evening Sandy took a couple pictures of the loons from our campsite.
Here are some more pictures Sandy took while at Lake Chippewa. The colors were not nearly as nice as when we were here in 2012, but it was still beautiful scenery.
Our Lazy Daze and Terry and Elaine’s fifth wheel to the right.
Terry and Elaine are enjoying a beautiful calm day on the lake.
It takes great skill to catch “Aquarium Bass” with the size bait we were using.
One morning we had a beautiful sunrise.
It was a great week of fishing considering we only fished from Monday to Friday and then sometimes only 2-3 hours a day, and still caught over 500 crappies.
Until next time,
Dave and Sandy
1 comment:
Nice update you two. Like your fishing skills. It was a catch and release, right? Travel safe. Maybe we will meet you on the road sometime.
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