Jeff's Alaskan Bike Trip 2010

We spent the night in a hotel knowing it was our last good night of sleep and shower for awhile. We were up and ready to go before 9 a.m. which was a miracle for our group. Today would be straight highway riding until our final destination. Just as we were ready to leave some guy wiped out his SUV into the metal guard rail outside our hotel. The sound of the multiple sirens brought out a young black bear to see the commotion. It didn't stay long.

We saw Little Big Horn Park and decided to stop. The sight is hilly, not mountainous. There are long valleys and normal hills along them. You could imagine Little Big Horn and his troops looking down on Custer as he moved his troops along the valley. The amount of head stones is amazing. The total slaughter is represented clearly. I mean even the drummer went down in the battle. It must have been total arrogance on Custer's behalf to explain why he would even take on anybody with those topography issues.

We drove by Devil's Tower. This rock formation in the middle of of valleys and prairies clearly stands out. There are several stories as to how this formation was created. Lots of motorcycles stop to take take pictures. We are close enough to Sturgis that all you see is motorcycles.
We stopped at Hullet, Wyoming to see their Wednesday Festival during Sturgis' Bike Week. The streets are lined with bikes when you show up. The population is a little over 900 until this week. There were at least 250 bikes. Several shops sold souvenirs. Food and beer was abundant.An accident took place between some motorcycles on our way out. One biker died and 5 wer injured. The road was closed for about 2 hours. We finally got through and on our way to Hog Heaven.

The road to Strugis had several deer in the fields along the road. We were seeing some wildlife in America again.

Hog Heaven is a camping area were we met other people from HVL. The camping area has live bands every night and its own bar and food. It's quite an established area to stay and see the sites around Sturgis. Thanks to Jay, Annie, Steve and Stacy for their hospitality.