Sturgis,
South Dakota,
United States
Friday, August 8, 2008
After the ZZ Top Concert last night we decided to do a little exploring. We had some friends recommend a ride through the hills and through an old town from the 1800's called Deadwood (
http://www.deadwood.org ). It was a great ride. We rode about 120 miles and stopped about half way and a little shopping area along the road. I took a few pics of things they had there that I will post. I also saw one of the most beautiful bike ever. The guy who owned it did all the work. It would be a great show bike but he said he never shows it he just rides. A man after my own heart. It looked like we may get some rain so we headed back to the campsite to get the raingear, just in case. It was a false alarm and it passed. We then headed toward Rapid City, East of Sturgis to try and find a nice place to eat. We found a neat little bar with great burgers (Buffalo burgers are popular out here) . We had a nice dinner and met some more locals and talked to them about our ride. We then headed back to Sturgis and walked up and down main street checking out the vendors. I'm still capturing video of the ride but haven't been able to get the files uploaded yet. Working though some technical issues in between the sightseeing and rides.
Thanks to all who a have donated and be sure to keep in mind the true cause here as you follow along with my ride. Click the "Support My Travels" link and help out the folks at woundedwarriorproject.org.
So far my total mileage count is 3489 miles. Daniels is slightly less
Joe and Daniel
