Sturgis Rally

A fire devastated the Full Throttle Saloon in Sturgis, South Dakota early Tuesday morning, leaving the location a smoldering wreck.

We decided to spend our fifth and final day of the Sturgis Rally in downtown Sturgis. David wanted to visit the Motorcycle Museum and I really just wanted to find an outdoor bar somewhere and watch the people and bikes pass by. I love to people watch.

We arrived early on Sunday morning at the famous Buffalo Chip campground.  The line to check in was actually very short and was without incident.

That was the headline in the Sunday edition of the Rapid City Journal.  I have already heard of 5 deaths since we have arrived but none will be in the “official” count because the rally hasn’t “officially” started.

Our second day of our trip to Sturgis SD began in Valentine Nebraska.  We spent the night in Valentine and woke to a drizzly cool morning.  As we were leaving Valentine we decided to take a different route than we usually take and headed toward Hot Springs, South Dakota.  David had heard there was an interesting paleontological dig of wooly mammoths and wanted to see it.

Since the very first time I took David to South Dakota to visit family, he’s wanted to “experience” the Sturgis Rally.  We are finally going to be able to check that off our ‘bucket list’.  We are on our way to Sturgis for the 2013 Sturgis Rally ...