The Black Hills: 66th annual Sturgis Bicycle Rally

8/5 - Spearfish, South Dakota (65 miles)
8/6 - Mystic (45 miles)
8/7 - Keystone (60 miles)
8/8,9,10 - Rapid City (29 miles)

Holy Cow there were a lot of motorcycles... All Harleys, LOUD Harleys. The people were a riot and all seemed to enjoy making bicycle wise-cracks... "what kinda mileage do those babies get?" or upon making some cable adjustments on my bike "that must be a Harley bicycle... breakin' down and all". We didn't realize that the town of Sturgis was really just the partying hub and that during the day, all the bikers venture out naked and helmetless into the hills. Every stop seemed to be a beer stop, every grandma seemed to be wearing a string bikini and chaps, and every bike really was a Harley. While in the Black Hills, we also saw Mount Rushmore and rode on the 114-mile George Mickelson bike trail through the heart of the Hills. Although a nice respite from all the Harley's, the loose crushed limestone worked the quads.

































After tooling around the Black Hills for a few days, we met Melvin and Roy at the library in Rapid City who took in 2 grubby bike riders badly in need of a shower. We jammed on guitar and watched loads of Stargate while Scott played Mystery Science Theater 3000 (at the annoyance of Rachel). That's Roy and momma Paulina below:)