Riding into the Black Hills

With the threat of rain being just a threat and that's all, the day started great. We stopped into J&L Harley-Davidson in Sioux Falls, SD. What a great Dealership. There she sat, right in the middle of the dealership. Yeah, she was bright Harley Orange, but she was beautiful. A brand spankin new '09 Road Glide. Not to say I am going to get rid of my trusty Softail Standard. I am just looking for now. We continued on to Rapid City on the west part of the state. There is an old friend on this part of the road. Wind. Wind like few Californians know. Wind so hard and constant, that you have to fight to stay upright for hundreds of miles. Wind so hard, that if you slack off at the wrong time, you can be sent flying off the Interstate and into the ditch. We we made it safe into Rapid city after hours of doing battle with the South Dakota Winds. First though, we rode through the famous Bad Lands. What an awesome place. It was formed when the midwest was a waterway that streched from the Arctic Circle to the Gulf of Mexico. As the Rocky and Black Mountains formed, it cut off the oceans and the land was formed. That process left behing an amazing landscape of praries and breathtaking rock formations. Deer and prarie dogs make their home their. We saw both. Each day we run into new experiences and more beautiful scenery. I do not know of any other way I would like to see our beautiful country other than from the saddle of my Harley.