Cody, WY to Rapid City, SD: 2 states, 421 miles, 9.5 hours on the road, 8 in the saddle.
Left Cody bright and early and traveled through Wyoming. The roads were curvy with lots of rolling hills. More beautiful country to be seen from the saddle.
Instead of going directly to Rapid City, we took a slight detour (this one planned) so we could see Devil's Tower. Yes, it is just a big rock but it's a pretty impressive big rock. I looked for Richard Dryfus but he was nowhere to be found. Perhaps he hasn't returned from his encounter yet.
We stopped for lunch in Sturgis. The town is pretty quiet now that bike week has passed but it's neat to say that I've been there. As we were leaving Sturgis a heavy black cloud was in our path. I was hoping that too would be a close encounter but no such luck. About 15 miles before Rapid City the sky let loose on us. Another first for me....being pelted by rain at 75 mph and navigating through a construction zone with lightening nearby.
Alas, we all made it to the hotel safely (thank you angels) and met up with the others that had separated throughout the day. Even Jim is now with us and Patty and Dave from Salem are here as well. It's cool to meet up with friends from home so many miles away. Not to mention all the new friends you meet along the way. Kerrie even ran in to some HOG members from Asia while she was at the Harley store dropping her bike off for service. She wasn't able to communicate very well with them but the HOG logo is universal and they both understood that.
Gregg chatted with some Milwaukee chapter folks while we were at dinner and got the scoop on the final ride in to Milwaukee. Not sure if our schedule will allow but we're going to try and meet up with them in Madison on Wednesday.
Most of us did laundry tonight, giving us another 4-5 days of fresh clothes. Yeah!
Tomorrow is a free day and we'll check out some of the local sights: Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Deadwood, and the Harley store of course!
Left Cody bright and early and traveled through Wyoming. The roads were curvy with lots of rolling hills. More beautiful country to be seen from the saddle.
Instead of going directly to Rapid City, we took a slight detour (this one planned) so we could see Devil's Tower. Yes, it is just a big rock but it's a pretty impressive big rock. I looked for Richard Dryfus but he was nowhere to be found. Perhaps he hasn't returned from his encounter yet.We stopped for lunch in Sturgis. The town is pretty quiet now that bike week has passed but it's neat to say that I've been there. As we were leaving Sturgis a heavy black cloud was in our path. I was hoping that too would be a close encounter but no such luck. About 15 miles before Rapid City the sky let loose on us. Another first for me....being pelted by rain at 75 mph and navigating through a construction zone with lightening nearby.
Alas, we all made it to the hotel safely (thank you angels) and met up with the others that had separated throughout the day. Even Jim is now with us and Patty and Dave from Salem are here as well. It's cool to meet up with friends from home so many miles away. Not to mention all the new friends you meet along the way. Kerrie even ran in to some HOG members from Asia while she was at the Harley store dropping her bike off for service. She wasn't able to communicate very well with them but the HOG logo is universal and they both understood that.
Gregg chatted with some Milwaukee chapter folks while we were at dinner and got the scoop on the final ride in to Milwaukee. Not sure if our schedule will allow but we're going to try and meet up with them in Madison on Wednesday.
Most of us did laundry tonight, giving us another 4-5 days of fresh clothes. Yeah!
Tomorrow is a free day and we'll check out some of the local sights: Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Deadwood, and the Harley store of course!
2 comments:
I'm so proud of you:) !!Wishing you the safest trip. Remember it's a vacation too! Have FUN!!!
another exciting read! I love that Close Encounters movie!
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