Soup's On X (The Tenth Soup Run) Day 2

Saturday, June 5, 2010


As I mentioned the hotel staff in the morning was much friendlier. The breakfast was good too, they have all the usual stuff, and in addition to the waffle machine, they also have pretty good biscuits and gravy.

So we took off with a gas stop on the plan right away. It wouldn't be long before we were in the Wisconsin Country. After a stop, we made our way to the Kettle Moraine Scenic Drive, which lead us into Dundee, Wisconsin. This is another one of my traditional stops, here stands a house that was re-built by ABC's Extreme Home Makeover.


After a longer break, due to multiple failed attempts to take a group picture, we headed out of Dundee. The stretch of road north out of town is great ride. We made the back way into Mr. Soup's with only a couple quick views of Lake Winnebago.

We parked near the spot I parked when I came to my first Soup Run. We made our way down the line of bikes, and then headed up to the house to get in line for some Soup. I already had my mind made up, and I was going for a Brat and a Bowl of Beer and Cheese Soup. I was planning on dipping the Brat in the Soup. I discovered that a few years ago.




Mr. Soup's Pictures are here

We had our soup, made our walks, and had conversations with other Soup Runners. It was time to head out to the second hotel, Kenosha, Wisconsin. I thought we might be able to miss the weather, but we found ourselves driving right into it. A quick stop at a church allowed to don the rain gear under and overhang.


The rain was not the only issue we had. At one point it started killing the CB Radios, so we lost contact with the back of the group, and eventually lost the back half of the group.

The four of us at the front decided to push on, and get to the hotel. I figured if they called on the cell phone, I would be able to answer it there. We made it to the Super 8, and before we could unload the bikes, the other four came rolling in. In the parking lot, we all decided to order in pizza, and make quick beer run to the convenience store behind the hotel.

This front desk person was a complete 180 from the other one. He even apologized for that one, gave us automatic discounts, as well as offering the lobby kitchen are for us to have dinner. We asked him to join us, but he had pizza the last three nights, and declined. Jake, thanks for doing your job over the top!

All that was left to do was to dry out, and hit the bed, which happened at nine o'clock.

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