Gillette, WY to Rapid City, SD

We're back on schedule with our AIS, which was set at 7 am and we ended up leaving a bit early, and we remembered our prayer.

Now remember when we said that it was the best day ever for riding? Well guess what, Friday may have beat that!

This is the hotel where we slept Friday night, Hotel Alex Johnson. We arrived totally and completely spent from the 12+ hour day. And we were all still sporting grins from all the fun we had.
This is where we ate dinner. One of us HATED the hipster California cuisine, there were a few who LOVED it, and the rest were simply glad to be eating.

We made it to Mt. Rushmore. It was very late in the day and we were exhausted.

This is Tom coming around one of the MANY S turns at 10 mph. This is the Iron Mountain Highway....motorcycle nirvana. Here's a link from You Tube that shows what it is like.

Dave and Edie in front of the Sturgis Harley dealer. This is mecca for Harley riders (Tom liked it too).

This is how Rick and Tom rode in to Sturgis....not there's anything wrong with that...:) It was hilarious watching Tom try to get on the back of the bike....he needs lots of practice. Tom swears this is the one and only time he's doing this. Rick taunts him that a Harley had to bail out the BMW.

Actually this is a friend helping a friend. Tom dropped his BMW at the dealer for a new tire so we spent that time to go in to Sturgis and visit the dealer, have lunch at a fabulous place, walk the streets, and make some purchases.

Awesome riding.

Real men do read maps! This is Dave and Bret checking things out. We stopped for a comfort stop at Cheyenne Crossing. This is sort of like Alice's in Woodside. We started to talk with the other riders and found a few good loops that were MUSTS. Good thing because it is some of the best riding EVER. But it did mean we were on the road for over 12 hours!

More map reading....by real men! Scott, Dave, and Bret.

Dave and Edie at Devil's Tower.

Devil's Tower.......