Finally I am able to post some more of a trip. Each day has been beautiful as Jon and I have discovered we love the West. First stop Sheridan, WY - a town we have visited before and wanted to return. Sweet downtown - western flair and plenty of bronze sculptures on the sidewalks. Highly recommend you visit if you like the wide open spaces because of course that is what Wyoming is all about - that and oil and gas farms - and lots of coal trains. Wyoming is a state that uses it's natural resources without apology as far as I can tell.
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| Jon at the Knuckle Bar in Sturgis |
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| Cruising in our Motorhome |
We drove much of the next day across Wyoming to South Dakota and found ourselves in Sturgis where we stayed overnight. (We are trying to quit driving early in the day but in the West it is hard because the distances are so far.) I felt compelled to learn about the history of the Bike Rally and how in the world a little shabby town like Sturgis could accommodate 650,000 bikers! A small motorcycle club (rode Indian bikes) started a race in 1938 - 28 participants. It has quite a history as you all know - people stay for up to 200 miles around. There are huge campgrounds (HUGE) that are only open during that week. The picture posted is of Jon sitting at the bar at the Knuckle Bar in Sturgis - we had lunch and tried to imagine what it would be like to be there during the rally. We kind of like off season traveling!
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| Noah loves dogs and wanted to keep Scruffy |
We started our tour of the Black Hills (named by the Lakota Indians because the forests were so dense that they look black from any distance - especially in contrast to the praries!) The other picture is Spearfish Canyon - rock outcroppings bigger than skyscrapers!. Next stop Custer - to visit Custer State Park - Rushmore and Crazy Horse. Ta Ta for Now
2 comments:
Sturgis, Great place to stop and enjoy. Who is the bar fly in the picture? The Hills are great this time of year. Old South Dakota Boy.
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