South Dakota Ride

August 24, 2009
Fort Collins, CO

We are home after a whirlwind ride through South Dakota. Here's a quick recap - detailed posts are coming as soon...

Day 1 - We rode to Hot Springs, South Dakota checked into our hotel and rode through the city of Custer and on Iron Mountain Road through one lane tunnels and around pigtail turns to see the deadheads, aka Mount Rushmore. Seeing the presidents carved into stone for the first time was memorable - but the best part was getting there and leaving there. The roads through the Black Hills are memory makers all by themselves. Afterwards, we added another deadhead to the group by visiting the Crazy Horse Memorial.

Day 1 is posted including a Mount Rushmore Mini-Movie.

Day 2 - We rode to Rapid City, Sturgis, Spearfish Canyon, Lead (pronounced Leed), and Deadwood. Deadwood Nights (a vintage car show and rally was in full swing). We rode the hills that day with classic cars coming at us around every corner. We rode Boulder Canyon back to Sturgis then Vanocker Canyon to Needles Highway and on to Hill City. The day was perfect and the roads are beyond anything we ever imagined.

The first part of Day 2 is posted including Spearfish Canyon Mini-Movie
Day 2 - continued is posted including Needle Highway Mini-Movie

Day 3 - We rode to Wall and visited the famous Wall Drug Store (great American success story) where we had five cent coffee and donuts. Finally we rode through the Badlands before turning The Ride the long way home across southern South Dakota, north western Nebraska and Wyoming.

Day 3 is posted including Badlands Ride Mini-Movie

We've added South Dakota and Nebraska to the notches on our belt - states on our map. You know me, I took lots of photos and video clips... stay tuned...


Here are some of the places we visited...
Mount Rushmore - South Dakota
Crazy Horse Memorial - South Dakota
Badlands National Park - South Dakota
Spearfish Canyon - South Dakota
Deadwood, South Dakota
Sturgis, South Dakota
Lead, South Dakota