Drive up to Island Lake

Somewhat of an eventful drive. Hit a serious downpour of rain going thru Madison slowing traffic to 35-40mph. Fortunately it didn’t last much past Madison! Rosanne drove separately as she would meet me at the Deforest Park and Ride as that is near the sister she will catch a ride back with tomorrow. I left about half an hour before she did as I was stopping at the Costco fuel station in Sun Prairie to gas up the truck and top off the boat. Then just before the Wisconsin Dells the right front tire on the boat trailer blew out. These are the Carlisle’s that I’ve ran on my trailers for quite sone time and have been very happy with! I guess my good luck with them is catching up to me as this is the second blowout I’ve had within the month! I carry two spares but stopped at the Farm and Fleet in Eau Claire to purchase two new tires. I just replaced two on the back axle last month, F&F didn’t have time to mount them right away. So a nephew in the area that works at a car dealership will mount them for me and I’ll put them on the trailers front axle tomorrow. Got up to Chuck and Deone’s lake cottage and Deone fixed us a very nice lasagne dinner. I worked on straightening out the trailer fender that was slightly damaged by the blowout. After supper I started a campfire and enjoyed some s’mores! Oh, stopped at the Black River Falls rest stop for lunch and met up with my cruising buddy, Bill with Mystery Girl, from South Carolina. He’s on his way up to Isle Royale. Then a few miles farther stopped in Black River Falls at a restaurant for a few minutes to visit with Rosanne’s best friend, Kelly, and her family, who were headed to the Dells for the weekend.Read more