No Name City Sturgis

... Mountain. It sounded interesting so I set off in that direction. When I got there, however, much to my dismay, there was no horse in sight. And certainly not a crazy one. In the way that Mount Rushmore did exactly what it says on the tin, this place did nothing of the sort. But then I started reading. And watching. And it became abundantly clear that it was more impressive than it's barber shop ...

... days of rain as well as unseasonably cool temperatures. We do have a few more sights we'd like to visit while we are here so we may just have to bundle up and head out. The only problem is we don't really have any cold weather clothing. I guess we will just have to layer on the sweathshirts and Ken will have to wear long pants!!

... few d*ys before I did *nd w*s riding out to C*liforni* before m*king his w*y *cross the southern US *nd b*ck up to Atl*ntic City. His n*me is K*cper (sounds like C*sper) *nd he's in * few of the photos when we went on * ride.

Every morning I met * few new people *t bre*kf*st or *long the ro*d. Gener*lly I'd get to t*lking with people *t bre*kf*st *nd we'd stick together *nd go for * ride. And to think I h*d been worried th*t I ...

... was here I met a lovely fellow called Don, who was a cop from Nevada. Him, his motorbike and his chum had left their familes behind and travelled 3 days to get to Sturgis. Had a really good giggle with Don and when asked if I had even been on the back of a Harley, I replied honestly- no. For anyone that loves bikes this is something they completely have to remedy and so he asked- well, told me he was gonna take me for a little drive.
Normally I wouldnt have gone- bit ...

... there are only a few roads, so little alleyways were being formed all throughout the camp for people to ride between tents. The layout of the camp is even larger than the map shows. I was camped behind the cabins and there was another shower and bathroom house close to me that wasn't shown.'

The showers were nice and ...

... but we saw the most beautiful rainbows - I tried to take pictures, but it is hard to get the real beauty on camera. We did see lots of antelope and cows, some horses, and so many abandoned old farmhouses. After a long day, we finally got to South Dakota and to Heidi's house! It was nice to see her!

... in Deadwood.

As I was on my own, they invited me to join them for dinner so I went along and we had a couple of bottles of wine and a nice meal, which they ended up paying for!! After dinner I went to the Silverado casino and played on the tables for a couple of hours before finally stumbling back to the hotel. The couple I met didnt come along to the Casino as by the time dinner finished the Mrs was hammered, so they went back to their hotel instead.

... about every 120 miles or so. We had great weather the whole way, although Mo kept saying he thought it was going to rain. I said "sunshine follows me everywhere"....and I was RIGHT! We detoured through the Badlands, which were absolutely breath-taking. The we went to a sod house on the prairie, which was really neat. They had set up a dummy in the outhouse, and I didn't see it when I sat down in ...

Started from home in Urbandale, IA. Target Black Hills, SD. We made stop in 1880 Town. Overnight in Wall.
Tomorrow reached Rapid City where we made "base camp".
For next 5 days we visited Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer City, Deadwood, Ho Spring, Tatanka Museum, Devils Tower, WY.

On our way back home we visited Sioux city.

... got their picture in front of. The man who owned the tourist stop(Herman) was a wonderful Christian man who told us how God opened the doors to his successful business. South Dakota's government made a go at running the business before Herman bought the buildings. They were unsuccessful. Herman and his wife, and 6 kids, decided to make it a package deal with a dinner show and it's been very successful. He had some ...