Deadwood is a cowboy town, famous for as the place Wild Bill Hickok was shot (in the back) and killed - the town plays on this western heritage but lives of the glitter of poker machines and watered down drinks. Virtually every hotel has a “casino” on the ground floor, with restaurants either upstairs or downstairs, secondary to the main earner.. I am guessing that few actually come for the history.
We’re a little different - bikers from all over flock to the Black Hills of South Dakota for other reasons. Sturgis week is famous (or infamous) -the first week each August sees a town of 7200 people transformed into a Motorcycle Mecca of between 500,000 and up to 1,000,000 mainly Harley people congregating to celebrate being part of the biker community. The area offers great rides in pretty much every direction - Nev led a ride for the many early risers at 7:30, but I opted for a slightly later start. Mt Rushmore is probably the most famous landmark, with “The Pigtails” and “The Needles” being “must do’s”. Due to a navigational faux pas, I soon found myself solo and was able to cut and paste rides to suit and at my own pace - fabulous, with even the holiday traffic at some of the tourist hot spots causing few delays -;thankfully no traffic cops about today to impede riding nirvana. So, a mixture of everything again today - Living the Dream! Comments are closed.
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Don MalcolmA perfect day involves being on my Harley with a long ride ahead.
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