Steve giving one of the garden sculptures at Winter Wheat a little lovin'!

In 2008 we didn't go on any long trips, but we did try a nice day run with a friend from work, Dave Ferrier and his wife Marg. They brought along their friends Bill and Kat and we all rode out from Dave's place in Caledonia to Sparta. With Donna and me on our Venture, Bill and Kat on their Royal Star Deluxe ( a beautiful red and black number), Dave on his Road Star and Marg on her VStar 1100 we looked like a freaking Yamaha commercial rolling down the road.

Sparta was quite interesting, we stopped at the tearoom for a great lunch and then crossed the street to a "dust collector" store with some fantastic prices and very unique items. We have bought a couple of hippos that fit over the drain pipes. Then a few miles down the road there is a very different store called Winter Wheat. Garden sculptures, ornaments and all sorts of different stuff and they have the whole property set up displaying their wares. Once there was even a lady playing a harp in the garden gazebo with music floating through the pine forest.