Another day of riding. Went to Sturgis only to find out almost everything closed. Partly because it was Sunday and mostly because a lot of places only opened during Sturgis event. Rode through Deadwood – busy place – looked like fun but could not stop – it was getting late. Rode through Spearfish Canyon. All new roads. Beautiful. Met a couple our age who have a trike with a small pop up attached. They have been camping all over including Alaska. Amazing. Of course it rained today while we were on 90. Got hammered pretty good for about 20 minutes. Fortunately it cleared up. Seems to be pretty common around 4 o’clock. Just a nice easy day of riding through beautiful country

Went riding today. We went to Mt Rushmore. Lots of changes since we were there 32 years ago. New gateway lined with flags of all the states. A museum, new amp theater. Really nice. Parking was only $5.00 and good for a year. Very busy but not a mob. Went to Crazy Horse. They wanted $20.00 and not much to see so did not go in. Then went on to Custer State Park. Took the wild life loop. Brand new road so nice riding. Then there were the 🦬 as in a whole herd that decided to cross the road. Took them 45 minutes to cross the road. After about 20 minutes we were over it. Finally put the kickstand down and waited in 86 degree heat. Needless to say there was quite the backup of traffic. It was interesting to learn how the park manages the herd. Saw wild donkeys who were nice enough to stay on the side of the road so all could pass. We also saw one line prairie dog! All in all a nice day. And we ended with a lovely 🌈 over our campground

It was a travel day today. Did about 450 miles. Of course as soon as I started to drive had to go through 25 miles of construction. But I did it. Stopped at the famous Wall’s Store. Way to commercial. Not like we remembered from 32 years ago. A few of the attractions inside were “closed for the season”. I imagine it’s like every where else – staffing issues. Alan reminded me that the last time we came here with the kids the rear view mirror fell off our first suburban because it was so hot that day. We are in Rapid City ND for the next 3 days. Crazy Horse is only 36 miles away. And we are at the base of the Black Hills. Hope to do some riding the next two days. Found out this campground has only been opened 2 months. Explains why so basic. Can’t even buy a postcard here. But lucky to have found a spot. Three different campgrounds said the were booked for the season. Had no spots at all.