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Point Douglas Park<\/p><\/div>\n
We met Saturday AM at Point Douglas Park, just on the Minnesota side of Prescott. Wisconsin. After the spandex bicyclists and their bike-hauling minivans cleared out, Ralleyers were treated to a view of an eclectic mix of 20+ year-old vehicles. Many were sports or \u201csports\u201d cars, but they were outnumbered by the grand touring contingent (Beemers, Mercs and Jags). Attracting the most interest were the more elderly vehicle: Dick and Nancy Lorntson\u2019s \u201964 VW Westfalia bus, Mark Sabbann and Mary Kay Patrick\u2019s \u201964 Porsche 356 SC, Clarence and Kate Westberg\u2019s \u201959 MGA, and Jeff Schille\u2019s \u201968 Saab 96.<\/p>\n
After coffee, muffins, and a drivers\u2019 meeting, we could take off. Since this was a rally and not a follow-the-leader tour, twenty cars together did not have to make a left turn onto Highway 10. After a few miles on 10, it was into Wisconsin\u2019s alphabet soup county roads. Wow! I\u2019ve driven in this area many times but most of the roads were new to me. Some were grand touring roads where Daniel Buchen\u2019s \u201995 XJ6 felt right at home. Set the cruise at 60 and the big cat loafs down the straights and through the 35-mph curves. Then, however, there were the autocross roads where it would be more fun tossing a bugeye Sprite around. All the roads were so well maintained (unlike in the Twin Cities] that you didn\u2019t need a Citroen 2CV to be comfortable. And the 2CV\u2019s lack of air conditioning would have left your clothes sweat drenched. Did I mention it was hot?<\/p>\n
Lunch, on your own, was in Wabasha, Minnesota, and then it was down Highway 61, making long detours on some of the more interesting county roads, which get numbers in Minnesota rather than Wisconsin\u2019s letters. At Garvin Heights we admired the overlooked and enjoyed frosty treats. (That Westfalia bus had umpteen coolers stashed inside.) Then, after many more interesting roads, we avoided I-90 into LaCrosse and the Radisson. Naps and showers and a short walk to dinner.<\/p>\n
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Monarch Public House, Fountain City, WI<\/p><\/div>\n
Another early start on Sunday and then it was off on even more beautiful roads. MM and M were a couple favorites. They\u2019re part of the Wisconsin rustic roads system. What a brilliant plan Wisconsin! After the Mindoro Cut, lunch was in Fountain City at the Monarch Public House and was hosted by Morrie\u2019s Heritage Car Connection. Adam Karon and Alex Bellus, from Morrie\u2019s joined us for lunch as they accompanied us on the entire rally in Morrie\u2019s \u201977 Mazda rotary pickup. Lots of room for Alex\u2019s camera equipment but I haven\u2019t seen any pictures yet on Morrie\u2019s web site.<\/p>\n
Then it was more beautiful roads until we met for a pitiful meal at a golf course near I94 and Manning Road. (Name is being withheld to protect the guilty.) Prizes were handed out for the most correct answers to the rally\u2019s questions. (E.g., \u201cHanging above the stone wheel are three ________\u201d) First prize, a free day\u2019s rental of any car from Morrie\u2019s heritage rentals, went to Jason Burton and Sarah Oppenhuizen of Chicago in a \u201997 Mercedes CL600. Daniel and Ann Buchen of St. Paul in a \u201894 Mustang garnered second prize, a $100 Pep Boys gift certificate.<\/p>\n
Watch for next year\u2019s running of the ralleye\/rally\/rallye\/whatever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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