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Good day to pack up the tent sight and make a run for the hills. Wow it’s hot out. Stopped by Sylvan Lake. The water is always cool and refreshing. Staying at the South Dakota Custer State Game Lodge tonight. It will be great to have a mattress and air conditioning. Tent camping helps remindContinue reading “HoT OuT HeRe”

Warm day riding the black hill is South Dakota. Roads were pretty full of traffic. Pulled over several places to see the animals on the wildlife loop. Great day for a ride.

The full throttle was hooping today. We walked in to a ZZ Top band called zz3. They sounded great. Even dedicated a song to the Sioux Falls Police Department for arresting the lead guitar player for DWI last night. Sense of humor I guess. I believe the song they sang was, “ arrested for drivingContinue reading “FuLl ThRoTtLe SaLoOn”

Downtown Sturgis had streets full as ever with bikes. Fewer vendors, but seems like a lot of people. Looked like everyone was having a good time. I snapped a few photos of downtown. The knuckle had a great breakfast. On the the full throttle saloon.

Awesome day for a ride across the freaky State of South Dakota. Highway 34 never disappoints. Open roads and vistas for miles. Was below 80 degrees for most of the trip. Stopped in Pierre,SD for the night. They always have a street dance on the Saturday the rally starts. Should be fun as always. I’llContinue reading “HiGhWaY 34 To StUrGiS”

I took my BMW down to BMW Motorcycles of Omaha on 8-4. I arrived at opening time. No appointment. I told them I was getting ready to take a trip and was worried about the rear axle growling. They took my bike right in. The growling in the rear axle turned out to be normalContinue reading “StUrGiS BoUnD”

The annual Sturgis rally is upon us. COVID doesn’t seem to slow down the bikes coming into the great State of South Dakota. Getting my faithful steed ready to go join them at the end of next week. Oil changed, brake fluid changed, tires coming in Wednesday for the trip. Up on the center standContinue reading “PrEpInG FoR StUrGiS”

So I usually buy powerball tickets… I talked my buddy into buying them with the agreement to if we both had a ticket for the winning big draw we would both be set for life. I have to remind him most of the time to get his. I buy 9 draws once a month orContinue reading “LoTtErY”

So I am chatting with a buddy the other day about corn hole boards. For those of you who are not familiar with the term a corn hole board is basically an angled board with a hole in it. The object is to throw a sewn cloth sack packed with corn from a distance intoContinue reading “The CoRnHoLe QuAnDrY”