No way it's done yet...we still have the ride drive retreat back to the frozen north!
--G
It is not a retreat, it is a strategic withdrawal. Jeff posted up a video that Ray thought that I was attempting to breed with my FJR....
https://vimeo.com/173426203
I will have Ray know that I have sired many a baby Yamaha....
The Black Hills
The last day on the bikes for this trip. We had captured BigJohnSD the previous evening and met up with John at the coffee shop in Spearfish early the next morning to go for a loop through the Black Hills. John had made arrangements to retain the services of his friend for Ray given Ray's disregard for the law of the land.
We first headed south into Spearfish Canyon reaching Hwy 16 and then turning north to come back up to Sturgis. We then took the next road to the east and headed south for some very nice sweepers through another canyon down towards Nemo.
Norris Point Rd was a little torn up and there was some gravel so Jeff finally had a chance to do some dual sporting on the Super 10. We stopped in Oil City for some coffee....
Jeff wanted some pie but we couldn't find any that came wrapped with bacon so Jeff took a pass on the pie....
Ray then tried to chase me down the Old Oil City Rd as we crossed the same railway track 18 times between Oil City and Keystone. We had to stop once as the tourist steam engine blocked our progress at one point. Ray has the video.
We then took a slight detour to get a nice view of Mt. Rushmore....
We then backtracked slightly and took Hwy 16A otherwise known as the Iron Mountain Rd. We leapfrogged each other as we stopped for photos along the way. I have video to post later.
From there we then took a run up the Needles Hwy. Some tour bus also found its way onto the Needle and almost stuck the bus in the Needles Eye much to the entertainment of the crowd at was standing around....
I actually walked into the tunnel and helped direct the driver and after about 10 minutes the driver managed to drive the 100 feet through the tunnel without scraping off too much paint. When the driver finally made it through he waved me over and asked if this was the way to Mt Rushmore. I told him that it was A way to Mt Rushmore but probably not the best way given what the driver was driving.
Having finished the Needles Hwy John lead us over to Custer where we took a lunch break at the Black Hills Burger & Buns Company...
I had a truly great Texan burger....
We are not sure if John was conducting a symphony, checking his phone for messages or just eating cheese curds at this point....
After dinner we headed west and then turned north on Hwy 85 back up to Spearfish Canyon finishing up a nice 400 km ride (225 miles) for the day.....
Overall we rode 9220 km (roughly 5500 miles) on our little sortie.....
The bikes are now loaded back onto the mother ship as we return for more Tim Horton's coffee. I have almost forgotten how to say "eh" and may have problems communicating with my fellow Canadians on our return.
We will be posting up some videos later but this fairly sums up the blow by blow report. Hope you enjoyed it.
Later.
