Monday, June 27, 2011

Home Sweet Home....

All the pictures are in one folder.... Might make a slide show with music.

First day back to work.  Wow, I got some great hugs from people... Thanks!

Would I do this again? Yeah, in a heart beat! It was tough, I think I've grown a lot (riding wise/and in preparing for another trip like this.)

What great riding partners.. I could ask for none better.  I really didn't have any expectations.... I knew it would be awesome, but, I had no Idea what we would encounter.... Let me say that the Tetons literally took my breath away... Just Amazing....

 Then I would have to say Needles Highway


That was so cool....  then the Badlands....

That is Sweetlu!  it's Vast!   Oh My Gosh!!!!!!!!!!!!

We got the Crap beat out of us from the Wind.... But we were also very blessed.  We ran into rain the first day.... some rain in Rapid City, but, nothing we could not live with...... We still accomplished all that we set out to do... Thanks to our radar on our phones.... really we went into Sturgis on one of those days, and we did Spearfish Canyon.... Both very cool! Really bad weather was ahead of us then behind us.... but, we had favor... And we were thankful.....

We met the nicest people... We talked to this gentleman in Sturgis, a local...

It was kind of sad really the effect the Rally has had on the town itself.... There are really no businesses, Just empty store fronts, that fill up during the rally then close the rest of the year...

The thing that warmed my heart the most was Rich.... He just took us under his wing and helped us out! Thank You So Much Rich!   May G-d Bless you and I am praying for His complete healing for the cancer in your body.. 

Want to send that Man a Thank YOU!

Sometimes I felt like a mother with two teenaged boys..... Like at Old Faithful..... Ohhhhh My! You fill in the blanks.....


And I saw the above and could not resist taking a picture.... too Funny!



We love seeing everything around us, but we also love getting the flavor of the places we go.... Talking to locals, we learn so much about their every day lives. You get the best tips from the Locals too.... What's your favorite place to eat for breakfast?   .... Oh yeah..... R&B Breakfast Club. 

Our Bikes loved this gas...... yeah!

The two pictures that I like the most out of all of them are.....



The funny thing is I could not see in view finder for both of this pictures.... Out of about 800 pictures.... these are the best.   

We had a lot of laughs and we found out why Mike wanted to go to Wall Drugs so bad.....

The Guys had fun posing for pictures....

Them in Sturgis..... Too funny!

All the hotels that we stayed at were ok.... I think the worse one was in St. Charles, MN... It wasn't terrible... kind of Cabin like.... The Sports Bar/Grill in St. Charles was nice.... good food


This was the funniest for me.... after we came down from Togade pass.... We pulled into a Motel 8 parking lock and crossed into the restaurants parking lot.... Mike leading.... Lu and I both thought Mike was calling it quits for the day, because it was so darn cold!  LOL....

This trip was beyond anything I could have dreamed.... I was Awed time and time again.... every turn, every crest of a hill there was something new... something amazing....  Who would have thought I'd be within feet of Wild Buffalo's....  The Landscape was Vast and ever changing..... Prairies, desert, canyons, Red rocks shooting out, in the middle of lush rolling hills....













I could go on and on forever.....Trying to share it all.....

If you want to do it, and have a chance.... Do it... You won't regret it..... This was one of the most amazing things that I have ever done in my life... I couldn't have had a better time... We rode hard, but we had a blast.... We had time to rest.... relax,  and enjoy.... We enjoyed the time on the bikes....we enjoyed each others company , and we enjoyed G-d's beauty that has spilled over on this earth.....

Amazing.... Just Amazing......

5 comments:

  1. Awesome Post!!!!! Lu

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  2. Love you,
    Woodswoman

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  3. Wow. WoW. WOW !!!!!

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  4. I just reread all the posts Mary, we had an awesome time didn't we!!! Lu

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