Waking up early on Saturday morning, taking a 5:30 a.m. peek out the east front door at the just-rising sun and feeling a gentle breeze, you immediately knew this was going to be a grand day. And it didn't disappoint in any way. Truly a wonderful first full day of summer was unfolding.

A day to meet up with friends, many from the past, who have gone their own separate ways over the decades. It was a day with only one objective in mind, an afternoon spent with members and friends at the New Glarus-Monticello Apparitions motorcycle club's 50th anniversary party at their clubhouse on Holste...