My last day in Sturgis

Can't believe it was a week ago already that I was cruising along on the Harley with my hubs and good friends.  Sigh. This week in Dallas has been awful crazy hot and I want out! Triple digits every day up to 106. It's still 89 degrees at 9 pm! Nooooo.

This year is the 75th anniversary of the Sturgis bike rally. They are expecting over a million people to have attended this years rally. We go days before it "officially" starts and head out the weekend it does start.  All the vendors and events are there and we don't miss out. We saw a huge increase of people on Friday and Saturday. By Saturday, we could barely get anywhere because it was so crowded and lines everywhere. 

I was flying out on Saturday so we had 2 places we wanted to be. I wanted to start the day in Sturgis and then wrap up at the Rapid City Harley shop before I go to airport.  They had tons of vendors there and lots of big events at RC Harley. 

In Sturgis we walked through the Harley tents and saw the new bikes.  There were games you could play and sign up to win prizes. I got some junk like a coozie, rain poncho and beer opener that's flat and goes in wallet. Lol! 

Every bike brand was there. Honda, Victory, Indian, Kawasaki, custom builders , you name it!!   I like seeing the new models and the paint jobs. My favorite part is walking down Main Street and seeing all the bikes and the paint jobs they have.   

We ate lunch in Rapid City once we got there from a grilled cheese food truck. I love me some food trucks yall! They put Mac n cheese on their sandwiches and it was delish!  I bought a few souvenirs there and then Todd and I headed to airport.  My plane was delayed AGAIN!!  They have a bar and grill upstairs and it's before you get through security so Todd and I had a drink together before he left.   I got so sunburned!! I applied a few times but when you're inching along outside with no shade , it's going to happen.  I'm currently in peeling stage.  

I had such a great time!!! I had told Todd that I didn't want to go to Sturgis anymore. I may have lied.  I will go back I just don't want to go next year. I need a break. I love Deadwood too much not to ever see it again. 

Pappy and Pearl were the rally founders of Sturgis

Its carved into the tree- very cool!

The little chuckwagon had a Wienie dog in it.

I have pictures of this lady and dog from last year. So cute!

Parking lot in Rapid City- must have been thousands of bikes

Have a great Thursday! 

Sturgis 2015 - arrival and day 1

Goooooood morning yall!! I tell you I'm always so swamped when I come back to work after missing a few days. I had no time to post yesterday.  I have to make this quick and there will be tons of pictures.   

My trip was wonderful! The only bad part were my flights getting there and coming home. My plane was 2.5 hours late from leaving Dallas last Wednesday. That put me later into Rapid City and we had to ride back to motel in the dark and it was chilly.  I made a new friend at the airport named Tracy and she was from Jackson, Mississippi. She was too sweet and I thought for sure I'd see her again but I have her business card. When your plane is delayed almost 3 hrs, you can get to knoe someone.  Lol 

Call me crazy but I took a lot of pictures while in the air. The clouds were so cool and the sun was gorgeous from the sky. 

When we got to hotel, the rest of our group was around the outside fire so I got to see everyone before we all went to bed.  Our group was a friend of Todd's named Coby, a friend of mine and Todd's that we met through CMA Jacqueline and her dad Charles.  We had a nice small group of 5 and it was much more manageable than the 11 of us last year. 

Thursday morning, we left motel at 7:45 and we had breakfast at Hill City cafe.  We were staying in Hill City off the highway so it was nice to have a place to eat and fill up gas tanks for the day. 

We started our morning at Mt Rushmore, then through Custer state park onto Needles highway , had lunch in Custer , saw Crazy Horse monument then drove into Sturgis.  It was such a fun first day!!  

I'll have more tomorrow! Have a great day yall!