This day, John reports, will be a “neat” day’s ride. Our band of weary riders will cruise through the Badlands National Park and Rapid Valley to lunch in Rapid City, South Dakota before things get really interesting.

Riders will be awed as they get the opportunity to spend a half hour sightseeing at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, the epic granite sculpture that serves as an inspiring shrine to Democracy. The mountain carvings of four out-standing presidents of the United States, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, are 500-feet up and the faces are 60-feet high. The entire memorial covers 1,278 acres and riders will be cautious as they keep an eye out for the roaming wildlife of the area.

We will travel through the illustrious Black Hills, which provides the backdrop for Mt. Rushmore, before we ride through the famous frontier town of Deadwood on the way to the finish in the world-renowned biker Mecca of Sturgis. At day’s end we have been invited to the Glencoe Camp Resort for a relaxing evening of dinner and camaraderie as we wind down from the road and look forward to a day of rest. Glencoe offers over 600-acres of camping possibilities, including RV spaces, cabins, and tent camping at the well appointed resort.

Rest Day : September 14~The group will have a well-deserved day off on this day. The city will block off Main Street in the afternoon so riders can display their bikes and meet the public before they are hosted to an evening meal by the City of Sturgis.