CJ's Custer Adventures

[cactusjack]

DAY 5:

This morning was free time, so I hopped on the Nomad and rode to Sturgis. It's about 70 miles to Sturgis from Custer and let me tell you, it is a nice ride. It's about 40 miles to Rapid City, and the road is absolutely great, hills and lots of curves on roads in excellent condition. Well, for my money it just doesn't get much better than that. At Rapid City, I jumped on I-90 and rode the 25 miles to Sturgis in high-speed style. I blew some coin in Sturgis on shirts and gifts for people back home. Sturgis looks like a nice place when it isn't overrun with 400,000 bikers.

I took the same route back and stopped in Rapid City for gas, and then visited the HD shop in Hill City to pick up my obligatory HD shirt.

This afternoon we rode to Mt Rushmore and through Custer State Park, other than a pretty good dousing of rain for the last 10 miles or so, it was great. Mt Rushmore is more impressive in person than I imagined.

Today's mileage tally was less than 200.

Here's some highlights of the day:

Sturgis


Crazy Horse Memorial:


Mt Rushmore:


Enjoy, I'll post more tomorrow.