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Re: Our week in the Hills
« Reply #15 on: October 02, 2009, 08:15:49 PM »
Shot of the WG2 in the canyon
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Re: Our week in the Hills
« Reply #16 on: October 02, 2009, 08:18:29 PM »
We spent a while at Bridal Veil Falls so Kandy could set up and take some nicer shots. She has done a considerable amount of photography and one of the many reasons it is good to have her along is the fact that the trips are documented much better.
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Re: Our week in the Hills
« Reply #17 on: October 02, 2009, 08:19:41 PM »
Beauty around every corner. After Spearfish Canyon, we headed down I-90 to Sturgis. Those who have been out to bike week wouldn't believe how empty this little town looks the remainder of the year. The only hint of the annual mayhem is the many parking lots with tons of electrical service posts standing unused. We stopped by Sturgis HD and were one of 2 bikes in the parking lot. Paul and I laughed at the contrast.
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Re: Our week in the Hills
« Reply #18 on: October 02, 2009, 08:37:24 PM »
My best friend Gary from high school days has lived in Rapid City since the late 70's. He taught me to ride dirt bike. In the spring of 1976 he picked me up from college in Fargo and brought me out to the Hills and gave me his Kawasaki 175 for a weeks worth of roaming around the paved and unpaved roads of the Black Hills. It was one of the best weeks of my life. Any trail was fair game. I probably dumped that bike 30 times but I had a gas going places most folks never see. I always enjoy paying Gary back for that experience.  


Saturday found us loading up the van with the dogs and heading out to Devils Tower. Kandy and I followed in the van as Paul & Sue and Gary and his wife Carol rode the bikes. Gary is the master of the back roads and he took us through Whitewood and Belle Fourche into Wyoming on Hwy 24. This is a popular route on Wednesdays of bike week but on this day we probably saw 10 cars and 20 bikes (and 30 pick-ups).
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Re: Our week in the Hills
« Reply #19 on: October 02, 2009, 08:40:53 PM »
Coming up over a rise you catch your first glimpse of Devils Tower. Kandy is a HUGE fan of Close Encounters of the Third Kind so she always is game for a trip to this famous site. Took a good shot of the WG2 with Devils Tower in the distant background (straight above the ignition switch on the horizon).
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Re: Our week in the Hills
« Reply #20 on: October 02, 2009, 08:46:15 PM »
This is the part where we all see the Mother Ship coming over the horizon.
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Re: Our week in the Hills
« Reply #21 on: October 02, 2009, 08:46:47 PM »
See - you'd stare too...
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Re: Our week in the Hills
« Reply #22 on: October 02, 2009, 08:48:40 PM »
Paul & Sue ready to ride again. Had to lust after his boots. They were actually a HD product. Never seen them at any dealer I've been to. Maybe they just make them for the law enforcement community.
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Re: Our week in the Hills
« Reply #23 on: October 02, 2009, 08:53:43 PM »
Saturday happened to be Free National Park Day so we all got in for free! We're livin' large here. Park was not crowded, weather was sunny and 78 degrees. Couldn't have been nicer.
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Re: Our week in the Hills
« Reply #24 on: October 02, 2009, 08:54:43 PM »
"Where do those stairs go?"

"They go up!"
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Re: Our week in the Hills
« Reply #25 on: October 02, 2009, 08:57:46 PM »
Shot of a different mother ship at Devils Tower.
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Re: Our week in the Hills
« Reply #26 on: October 02, 2009, 09:01:09 PM »
Brief rest stop in Sundance, WY after our fun at the Tower. Paul keeping his eye out for the peanut thief.
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Re: Our week in the Hills
« Reply #27 on: October 02, 2009, 09:02:28 PM »
"Dad lets me drive slow in the driveway."
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Re: Our week in the Hills
« Reply #28 on: October 02, 2009, 09:03:32 PM »
Mother nature at work making gravel.
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Re: Our week in the Hills
« Reply #29 on: October 02, 2009, 09:07:19 PM »
Heading south out of Sundance on Hwy 585. Sue giving Paul a little driving advice.
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