2004 Doughty 500 Schedule

Fresh off the presses from Brendan and Karen:

General

All tour start times assume you are gassed up and ready to roll. (What’s that old saying about assume… ass u me.??? Something, I don’t know.)

Monday, August 2
Departure Time 8:30 a.m.

The tour on Monday will head north of Rhinelander on Pine Lake Road and County Trunk A through Three Lakes – potty stop there.

We will tour NE of Three Lakes in the Nicolet National Forest and come back to Laurel Lake to eat lunch at the Pine Isle Resort. Great bar with great food! Eat inside or out. We will then tour east and return to Rhinelander via Three Lakes.

Tuesday, August 3
Departure Time 8:30 a.m.
Tuesday is our picnic day, so please pack a lunch. (There are plenty of places close to the motel to buy lunch items.)

We will head south of Rhinelander on “G” and then enter the “Enterprise County Forest Block,” exit that and head south to the Eau Claire Dells park. We will have lunch at this park and roam around the Dells. On the return we will stop at Gleason for gas. Round trip this day is approximately 120 miles.

Wednesday, August 4
Departure Time 8:00 a.m. (Note the departure from our NORMAL departure.)
THIS IS OUR LONG DAY (and you thought yesterday was long!)
We will head to Laona and have an early lunch at the Golf Course on Fairway Drive, just off Highway 8, west of Laona. After lunch, we will catch the 1 PM steam train to the Camp 5 Logging Museum. We’ll arrive early enough to get our tickets, etc., so we don’t miss the train. Those not wishing to take the train can hang out in beautiful, downtown Laona. Remember to mention the Doughty 500 group rate when you get your train tickets. Fees are:

Children 3 and under Free
4 – 12 $4.50
13 – 17 $9.25
Adults $12.00

Won’t want to miss the return train at 2:45. (Wonder if we can get a T up to the Camp?) We will then return to Rhinelander.

Thursday, August 5 Doughty 500 Dinner Day
There will be an optional tour this day. You can go on the tour, or hang around the pool, etc.
Departure Time: 9:00 a.m.

We will depart Rhinelander at 9 and go to the Three Lakes Winery for a short tour, after which we can sample various wines, and buy some if we want! We will spread out for lunch in Three Lakes… there are several places. We will return early to relax before getting ready for dinner.

Dinner will be at 5:30 p.m. at the Holiday Acres Lodge outside Rhinelander on Lake Thompson. We will be in a private banquet room, and we will be ordering off a limited menu. Please think about what you would like to have, as Karen will be getting our choices to the Lodge the day before, so she will be asking you for your choices early in the week.

Kids menu includes individual cheese pizza, chicken sticks with curly fries, macaroni and cheese, hot dog with curly fries, hamburger/cheeseburger with you guessed it… curly fries!