bigjohnsd
'21 R1250 GS Adv
It is Sunday, and the sun is finally out. Two and a half inches of rain since noon Thursday, campgrounds surrounding Sturgis are a muddy mess. I left home in Spearfish at 0800 and headed to our little Black Hills BMW Riders group "Rally Avoidance Coffee" on a ranch SE of Rapid City. I took the I-90 down but rode home up through the Black Hills with thousands of my finest friends.
155 miles.
We had a pretty good turnout for this group, at one point I counted eleven folks sitting on the porch. Not all made my photos.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcyc...wFWK/0/12a417c7/1920/20230806_103031-1920.mp4
I don't know why I can't make the video of the group show a preview, click on it if you are interested.
On the way home, traffic was heavy and slow on US 385 from Hill City to SD 44, speeds averaged 40-45 mph, once North of SD 44 speeds were 40-55 with lots of Southbound traffic but not much headed North.
As always, the din is deafening!
![Map-2023-08-06-14_25_48-S.png](https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Trips/Local-Trips/i-vTFdRpN/0/5cff93e2/S/Map-2023-08-06-14_25_48-S.png)
We had a pretty good turnout for this group, at one point I counted eleven folks sitting on the porch. Not all made my photos.
![20230806_105143-L.jpg](https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Trips/Local-Trips/i-3ghRbxQ/0/c2b027bd/L/20230806_105143-L.jpg)
![20230806_105150-L.jpg](https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycle-Trips/Local-Trips/i-LPRmk7Q/0/22b369d1/L/20230806_105150-L.jpg)
https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcyc...wFWK/0/12a417c7/1920/20230806_103031-1920.mp4
I don't know why I can't make the video of the group show a preview, click on it if you are interested.
On the way home, traffic was heavy and slow on US 385 from Hill City to SD 44, speeds averaged 40-45 mph, once North of SD 44 speeds were 40-55 with lots of Southbound traffic but not much headed North.
As always, the din is deafening!