As a coincidence, the Stergis motorcycle rally is this week. Stergis is a small town in western South Dakota right off I90--the interstate we take to get home. We had to take a cruise through town to check it out. That sounds an obvious choice until you understand that the gathering is for cruisers, more specifically, Harley Davidson cruisers. Picture bad boy movie type motorcyclists and the accompanying bad girls to go along.
It was quite the scene. The whole town is loaded with bikes. Thousands of bikes. Keep in mind that the estimates are that a half million bikers visit here from Aug 8-14. On the roads and highways the bikes out number all the other vehicles 2 to 1. Every exit has the gas stations clogged with bikes. The town is loaded with vendors selling everything. Then there are the bars. 3 story bars. Everyone seems to be having a good time. The atmosphere was like the state fair only lots bigger and a tad more partyfied. Cruising around reminded me of Myrtle Beach. I took a few pictures, I hope they give you some flavor.
We enjoyed seeing all the people and a activities but were glad to get out of the traffic. We made it out of SD and through Minn, now we are in Iowa and we will take a more southerly approach avoiding the Illinois, Ohio, and PA tolls. It is still 1300 miles to home, another two days.
Finally, we must have stood out as our dirty and loaded bikes provided a contrast to the shiny chrome and neon lighted bikes that were all around around us. Some guy on the street even made a comment, but I could not hear him. I think he was probably commenting on how he liked my HiVis green helmet. It must have been a friendly comment because he was laughing at the time!
