Rapelje

Yesterday was our HOG Chapter meeting and we were supposed to ride to Rapelje, the only problem is that Mother Nature had other ideas.  It rained for 4 days starting on Thursday.  In fact it was raining so hard yesterday that it woke me up at 4:00 am and I couldn't go back to sleep.

Usually when it rains like that it will quit after a while, not yesterday.  We had to be at the dealership by 10:00 am.  It was a steady downpour rain all day long.  Checked the weather on line and it was just as bad to where we were going.  Since I'm the secretary, it's important that I go to the meeting so we decided to go in the car.

We called our friends Marty & Vickie to see if they were going, but they decided to take their car too so we met them for breakfast.  Other chapter members met at the dealership but most were in their vehicles, no their bikes.  There were three hearty souls who were going to ride.

After some discussion, it was decided to go on ahead to Rapelje.  The activities director had made arrangement with the cafe a month ago for food for us.  Since it was just a very small cafe and they had already prepared the food she really wanted us to go.  We had to cancel last month's ride to Fishtail due to snow.

Rapelje is 25 miles north of Columbus, we rode with Marty & Vickie and followed the bikes to Rapelje.  The whole way over we kept telling ourselves that we were so glad we didn't ride.  Riding in a few showers is one thing, but riding in a downpour all day just isn't fun, especially when you don't have to.

There were 13 of us in total and the cafe was sure glad to see us.  They were afraid that we weren't coming.  There is nothing in Rapelje except for a few houses and a school. 

The cafe is very interesting in Rapelje, it is not owned by a person, the community owns it.  One lady does run it and she gets paid but not much.  They do host the senior citizens and fix food for them.  We were genuinely welcomed by everyone, had about 5 people waiting on us. 

The food was very good and we will ride there again just because.  The special of the day was a roast beef dinner, we ordered off the menu because we ate a big breakfast.  Gary and I both had a cup of soup and 1/2 sandwich.  The soup was homemade turkey and noodle.  The cup was actually a bowl size.  We also go dessert.  I knew the ones who ordered the special got dessert, but we all got one.  Spice cake.  It was all I could do to eat, I was very full.

After eating we had a short meeting, this time Gary and I both won a door prize, he got a travel coffee mug and I got a beer bottle coozie.  Our friends Marty and Vickie won also.  Hope our winning streak continues as Vickie and I are going to the Women's Only Garage Party on Wednesday.  They are giving away a 2014 sportster bike, $1000 Harley gift card, a trip for 2 to Milwaukee for the 110th and a motorcycle riding safety class.  I want the bike or gift card.

It was a good day, especially when we can be with our friends despite the weather.