13 Hours – Butte to Portland

On Sunday (August 12th) our last day of the “Sturgis Ride”, we were up very early and on the freeway at 6:30am. We had some major miles to make on this day. Plugged-in and doing the speed limit in Montana just seemed damn fast that early in the morning! We didn’t see any cars for [...]

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Cody To Butte, MT via Yellowstone

We left Saturday (August 11th) early thinking it would be slow going thru Yellowstone and hoping to put some significant miles on the bikes before lunch. A couple of us were “plugged-in” due to the cold temperature. We took the Buffalo Bill Scenic Byway. A 52-mile drive from Cody up the rugged canyon carved by [...]

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Return Trip — Spearfish to Cody, WY

Yeah, it was another year where we hated all those chicks with their pectorals bare, and their t-back bikini’s with tattoos like Cher!
After all the bikes and 80s hair bands on Friday (August 10th) we started the return trip to Portland. We headed out via I-90, US14, & US14A. Since part of the Posse was [...]

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Devils Tower

The next morning, Thursday (August 9th) took us to the “tower”.  On the way there we went through Hewlett, WY which is a very busy place during the Sturgis Rally.  Especially on no panties Wednesday!   We decided to stop in for cool refreshment only to learn we missed the festivities from the day before!  It’s all about [...]

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Crazy Horse, Mt Rushmore and Black Hills Riding

On Wednesday (August 8th) we rode through Deadwood/Lead and headed up to Crazy Horse which was about 45 miles away. The weather was terrific.  Blue sky and mid-80’s.  
We met others in the Posse in Mill City and then entered the Crazy Horse Memorial.   From there we headed to Mt Rushmore on 16A.  This road is [...]

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Sturgis is Sturgis

The next day (Tuesday, August 7th) we headed to Rapid City Harley-Davidson and then cruised into Sturgis.  Sturgis is Sturgis.

If you ride Harley, it’s a must do. If you only know of it because it is the biggest motorcycle event in the world, then you know it is big. And if you have ever been [...]

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Billings to Spearfish

On Monday (August 6th) we completed the approx 325-mile trek from Billings to Spearfish, SD and the final leg to Sturgis.    The Best Western Clock Tower Inn didn’t have breakfast included with the room so we did a quick coffee/muffin breakfast right next door and head out on the road by 9am.  The scenery is [...]

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On the Road to Billings…

Some where between Philipsburg and Billings we hit a small bump in the road called Hardin, MT. 
In late 1875, Sioux and Cheyenne Indians left their reservations, outraged over the continued intrusions of whites into their sacred lands in the Black Hills. They gathered in Montana with the great warrior Sitting Bull to fight for their [...]

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Road to Philipsburg, MT

From Lolo Pass we headed to Philipsburg, MT. It lies in Southwestern Montana gold country. You take the Pintler Scenic Loop which is a 63 mile drive that takes you from Anaconda to Drummond. This is an alternate route to I-90. The road follows Flint Creek as it takes you by snow capped mountains, sage [...]

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To Sturgis — Lewiston to Montana

I’ll begin from Lewiston where we followed U.S. 12 northeast to the Idaho – Montana border. This is the link between the Missouri River and the Columbia River through the Rocky Mountains.
This 202-mile byway, stretches across north-central Idaho, follows the Lewis & Clark explorers’ route through the ancestral homeland of the Nez Perce people. From [...]

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