We Made It To Elkhart Lake!!

The Burkes, Orkins and Flexners at the famous Siebkin's Stop Inn Tavern

View of Elkhart Lake from our  balconey

Phil Burke joins us in Mayville, WI

Stopping at Widmer's Cheese Cellar in Theresa, WI

Damn!  Whatever you drop always rolls to the center of the car.

Changing the throttle cable

We finally arrived at Elkhart Lake with only a minor breakdown and it wasn't me!!!  It sprinkled lightly in Elkhorn last night and some this morning before we left.  However, by the time we left, it had stopped and the ride today was probably the most pleasant so far.  It was overcast most of the time so it wasn't as hot.  The ride up Hwy. 67 was more scenic and enjoyable.  About 4-5 miles from Mayville, it started to rain lightly.  It wasn't too bad, so we just kept going and we stayed pretty dry.  At one point, it started to rain a little harder so we started looking for someplace with an overhang that we could pull into to put our tops up.  We just sped up a little to try to stay dry and started to look for some place to pull over.  But, before we knew it, we were in Mayville.  We pulled into a gas station and about that time it stopped raining.  We waited a few minutes and were joined by Phil Burke from Jupiter, FL.  After a short visit, we all left Mayville and about 5 miles down the road, we stopped at Widmer's Cheese Cellar, a small cheese factory in Theresa, WI.   After sampling cheeses, we all bought some cheese and continued on.  It was a very nice drive until about 25 miles from Elkhart Lake, Paul radioed that we need to pull over as he was having some car problems.  We found a wide spot in the road and pulled over and Paul informed us that his throttle cable had just broken.  We had lots of parts, but no cable.  It just so happened that we stopped right by a state park welcome center.  I went into the center to see how far the nearest town with a parts store or bicycle shop was where we could get another cable.  In the meantime, Paul called Peter Caldwell who offered to bring us a cable.  Paul and Phil removed the old cable and got ready for the new one.  About 25 minutes later, Peter C. and David Woerpel drove up with a cable.  Less than 30 minutes later, we all left and were escorted to Elkhart Lake by Peter and David.  We arrived about 2:00, checked in for the car event and the hotel, then left to go wash clothes.  We found a laundromat next to a restaurant, car wash and gas station.  So, we put clothes in, ate lunch, washed the cars and filled up with gas.  We headed back to the room and then went across the street to Siebkins famous Stop-Inn Tavern for drinks and socializing.  It's been a long day, and tomorrow there is a tour of a cheese factory and then lunch and the car show, so it's off for some sleep now.