Sturgis, SD and the Black Hills

     This has been a great area to spend some time. There is so much to see and do that you must pick and choose what is important to you.  We spent  week here last year, and really didn’t see anything we saw last year.  It is a great vacation area.  We moved over to Sturgis once the rally finished to say hi to our friends that manage the park.  We also met up with one of our travelling couples, Mike and Shirley.  It has been fun catching up since we haven’t seen them since Quartzite.

With our geocaching we found this cemetery with Civil War graves.  Very well taken care of and interesting.  Of course we were geocaching…

     Also along the way we discovered we were close to the geographical center of the United States.  With the addition of Hawaii, and Alaska,  the center moved from Lawrence Kansas to Belle Fourche, SD.  Never new this existed.  Guess who is in the middle!!

     This is just one of the fun things to do here. 

Another day we went to Lead, SD where there is a gold mine one can get tours.  This day though they were have a school fair and we were unable to get close enough to get tour tickets. but they have a great park here, where there is a huge display of mining equipment.  This mine is one of the deepest mines in the US.  It was closed in 2002, but the park tour was pretty nice.  And a nice hike in the morning.
     Once the rally is finished, Sturgis starts closing up.  The Easy Rider is one of the best restaurants in the city.  Here we are just outside.
Tomorrow we start heading to Goshen for the rally.  We will stop back at Lake Sakakawea over Labor Day and then head through Minnesota, and Michigan.  Till the next time.