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August 17, 2017
As the name of this blog suggests I was unfortunately involved in an incident on Pikes Peak yesterday. I will start from the start and get to it. I was up and raring to go to ride up Pikes Peak. The Peak is the backdrop that you can see in my photos that I took […]
August 17, 2017
I will pick up where I left Bill and made my way to the Airbnb at Centennial. I find that the Host (Gabriel) is a Minister in the Baptist church and both he and his wife (Heather) left well paid jobs to move to Denver to so he could take up a position with a […]
August 15, 2017
As promised this blog is how I think you should go about Sturgis so that you maximize your fun without getting killed! Sturgis Rally is held in the black hills of South Dakota on the first week of August each year. It runs for 10 days and over that period attracts well over 500,000 motorcyclists. […]
August 13, 2017
The Ranch turned out to be far better than I expected and in fact I would have to say it was the best Airbnb so far; The Ranch is located about 30klms out of Cheyenne on 1300 acres of land. Eric and Deb own the property and live in the house but the actual farm […]
August 12, 2017
Well the next morning I had a pleasant surprise when I checked my pending credit card debits – I had been charged twice for a single night. Ok so I go and see the day shift manager who tells me that I will have to email the issue to her boss. Email has been sent […]
August 10, 2017
The next morning I am again up early but its due to the cold and not by choice. I get myself cleaned up and go into the kitchen area to do a few things on the laptop. My new found friends, Dave, Sonia, Teddy and Stan are also up and getting themselves sorted as they […]
August 9, 2017
I am up early (again) as I am finding that it gets so cold overnight I can’t get back to sleep after I wake up. The elevation here is 6.7 thousand feet which means overnight dew and freezing temperatures. Elevation is not something that I have ever had the need to pay attention to back […]
August 7, 2017
Up I get and its a bit foggy but by the time I have a shower and breakfast most of it has lifted. I take a photo of the bikes belonging to a group of couples that arrived last night before I hit the road to Mt Rushmore. The black hills are great to ride […]
August 7, 2017
I finished off my last blog, had lunch and headed off to Sturgis. Its about a 40min ride from where I am camping and you have to go through Lead and Deadwood. The motorcycle traffic is crazy but its good fun to be in it. I get to Sturgis and find a park amongst 2000 […]
August 6, 2017
Even though I was up early I was late in actually getting on the road. I went next door to another great old fashioned diner and had breakfast; I go back and farewell my new mate Bill who thundered off on his Harley. I pack up and drop the room key to Waylon and he […]