Our meeting place was the Fleet Farm Parking lot off of I35W in Blaine. Meeting time was 3:30. We are eight Fossils strong: Steve, Rick, Lloyd, Wayne, Jim, Bill, Keith and Greg. Weather was sunny, in the mid 80's. This weather would remain the same all weekend.... Can't beat that!
We already were meeting other bikers and sharing our business cards. Steve really got excited about a guy on another Honda Magna, unfortunately he wasn't a member of our group (yet). Keith read a scripture from Isaiah: "The LORD is watching out for us". Then a prayer and we were on our way. Our goal today is supper at the DQ, in Turtle Lake Wisc then Wayne's huntin' shack near Couderay before dark. In MN we were on I35, MN97 & 95. In Wisc, US8, then WI48. Too much of a hurry to spend much time on twisty side roads today.
Everything went according to plan we made it to the county road near my (Wayne) cabin and the shadows were getting long but still well into daylight. We were seeing deer around the edges of the woods but they stayed off the road.
At the shack everyone unloaded and found a bed. Then the bible study. I Tim chapter 4 is our study this year. The description of a "Good Servant of Jesus Christ". Twelve points are in the chapter, chances of getting through all of them in four days are slim. We made it through the overview and the first point: "A good servant of Jesus points out error" (vs6a).
The rest of the night was snacking and talking. It is good to be a gang again.
