We finally reached South Dakota - and the Sturgis Bike Rally. This rally is bigger than Bike Week in Daytona Beach--about 500,000 Harley riders in a tiny South Dakota town. The roads were jammed with bikers-an amazing number of them women. The percentage of women riding huge bikes has risen dramatically in the last few years.
We took the "Wildlife Loop" through the Black Hills on Monday (along with 1000's of bikers).
We counted 1 buffalo, a zillion prairie dogs and two miniature dobermans (OK- they were just being walked by their owner- but after an hour of driving, we were going to count anything on all 4's). We saw tons of "buffalo chips" on the road and John was beginning to think that the park workers drove around and dropped it on the road so that people would think that there were herd of buffalos around.
We had lunch in Custer, SD at a local restaurant- known for their rhubarb pie. We waddled out of that lunch back to the car and took the Needles Highway back to the campground.
For the next few days, we spent time in the town of Sturgis along with all of our new biker friends. We spent one day at Thunder Road, just outside of town. It was the home of the super-custom bikes and they were quite a site. On Wednesday, we headed into town early in the morning.
We stopped by Orange County Choppers and caught a glimpse of Paul Sr. The line waiting for autographs was already forming an hour before their scheduled appearance. In town, we grabbed breakfast at the Road Kill Café and wandered the streets checking out the vendors.
On Thursday, we stopped at the Broken Spoke Saloon and saw the Biker Build Off Bikes. We followed that with a visit to the Full Throttle Saloon. The Full Throttle was a bit like the raunchy bars outside Daytona….waitresses in lingerie, burn-out pits, and the Wall of Death.
We took the "Wildlife Loop" through the Black Hills on Monday (along with 1000's of bikers).
We counted 1 buffalo, a zillion prairie dogs and two miniature dobermans (OK- they were just being walked by their owner- but after an hour of driving, we were going to count anything on all 4's). We saw tons of "buffalo chips" on the road and John was beginning to think that the park workers drove around and dropped it on the road so that people would think that there were herd of buffalos around.
We had lunch in Custer, SD at a local restaurant- known for their rhubarb pie. We waddled out of that lunch back to the car and took the Needles Highway back to the campground.
For the next few days, we spent time in the town of Sturgis along with all of our new biker friends. We spent one day at Thunder Road, just outside of town. It was the home of the super-custom bikes and they were quite a site. On Wednesday, we headed into town early in the morning.
We stopped by Orange County Choppers and caught a glimpse of Paul Sr. The line waiting for autographs was already forming an hour before their scheduled appearance. In town, we grabbed breakfast at the Road Kill Café and wandered the streets checking out the vendors.On Thursday, we stopped at the Broken Spoke Saloon and saw the Biker Build Off Bikes. We followed that with a visit to the Full Throttle Saloon. The Full Throttle was a bit like the raunchy bars outside Daytona….waitresses in lingerie, burn-out pits, and the Wall of Death.
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