WELL, DAY SIX WAS A GREAT RIDE. MET UP WITH MY GOOD FRIEND JACK “SHERPA” ALBRIGHT FROM THE ASHEVILLE AREA AND TOOK OFF FOR DEVILS TOWER.
NO TRIP TO THIS AREA IS NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT AT LEAST ONE STOP AT THE WHITEWOOD FAMILY RESTAURANT. I’VE BEEN GOING THERE SINCE THE FIRST TIME MY BROTHER, FRINGY AND I CAME OUT ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO. I THINK THEY USE HALF A DOZEN EGGS IN EACH OMELET!
BELLIES WERE FULL AND “SOME” OF OUR GAS TANKS WERE FULL. SOMETHING ABOUT MARINES AND STARTING A MOTORCYCLE RIDE WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS! JUST DOES NOT SEEM TO BE IN THEIR DNA! HOW ON GOD’S EARTH DO YOU DEPART FOR A 200 MILE RIDE WITH AN 8TH OF A TANK OF GAS? THIS IS A TREND WITH THE MARINES! (GRUNT!) GOT JACK SOME GAS AND AWAY WE WENT!
IT’S HARD TO EXPLAIN UNLESS YOU HAVE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED WHAT IT IS LIKE TO MAKE THE CURVE ON HWY 24 AND SEE THE DEVILS TOWER, TOWERING ABOVE ALL OTHER LANDSCAPE! IT LITERALLY MAKES THE HAIR STAND UP ON YOUR ARM. AS MANY TIMES AS I HAVE BEEN THERE, YESTERDAY WAS NO EXCEPTION!
JACK
HERB
LOOK IN THE MIDDLE OF PIC…YOU CAN SEE A CLIMBER! IT’S A WOMAN!
HUNG OUT THERE FOR A WHILE AND GOT BACK ON THE STEELE STEEDS AND CONTINUED OUR ROUND ROBING JOURNEY BACK TO DEADWOOD.
I TOLD HERB ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THIS PARTICULAR RIDE IS HOW YOU FEEL LIKE YOU SHOULD BE MOUNTED UP ON A HORSE AND GALLOPING ACROSS THE LAND LIKE MARSHAL DILLION! IT’S JUST YOU, THE VAST BEAUTY OF OUR COUNTRY AND YOUR BIKE. NO TRAFFIC, NO STOP SIGNS, NO BILLBOARDS…JUST THE BLUEST OF BLUE SKY AND YOUR RIDE!
ANOTHER PART OF THIS RIDE IS NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT A STOP AT BUCKHORN, WY. IT’S A COMBO SERVICE STATION/BAR. I DIDN’T NEED GAS! AFTER A FEW ADULT BEVERAGES, BACK ON OUR TRUSTED TRANSPORTATION AND A GORGEOUS RIDE ON HWY 85 BACK TO LEAD/DEADWOOD!
STILL DECIDING IF IT’S SPEARFISH CANYON DAY OR NEEDLES HWY DAY.