Rex's post from Day 6 (September 4)

Day 6, Thursday September 4, 2014
Spearfish, South Dakota
266 Miles, 1910 Miles So Far

Today we had a lot of people do their own thing. I went to the Badlands along with Dennis and Larry. The wind was blowing 10 to 30 mph.

We left the hotel at 8:35am at 54 degrees but with the wind it felt like 45. When we arrived at the Badlands we visited the Visitors Center and watched a 20 minute video about the area and the animals that exist but rarely seen.

The area is just unbelievable the beautiful sculptured majestic mountains and deep ravines with all of its colored layers. It’s something that you just can’t explain, almost looks like something you would imagine seeing on Mars.

Once we left the park we went to Walls Drug for lunch had to be one of the fastest lunches we have had on this trip. The area where we chose to park our bikes in a packed downtown square might be a little suspect to the professional law enforcement officers of Wall, SD. We walked in found a seat went to the counter ordered the Legendary No1, it’s an Open faced Roast Beef on bread smothered in brown gravy with a scoop of mashed potatoes. We were in and out in less 30 minutes.

After lunch we headed to Sturgis to get a rear tire mounted that Dennis had ordered before we left Dallas. He was not sure if the tire would make all the way home or not (it’s better to play it safe). I would totally recommend the Yamaha, Suzuki, BMW Dealership in Sturgis, they were very professional courteous and got us out within an hour.

We then road around Sturgis and visited Tom’s T-Shirts on the Main Street so Larry and Dennis could stock up on souvenirs.

We headed back to the hotel and arrived about 5pm and 64 degrees. Cleaned up the bikes and got ready for dinner.

We met for dinner at 7pm and I bet you can guess where, you got it we had dinner AGAIN at Millstone Restaurant. After dinner some sat in the Bar and watched the football game.

Well today was a little crazy it was a long mostly boring highway riding with VERY HIGH winds to and from the Badlands Park that at times would try to pull your helmet off your head but all in all it was worth it. It just would not have been right to come all this way and not go.

Rex