Stu's Friday Travels (or not) - Sadie broke curfew

Friday, June 21, 2013

Seems like the weather got a little severe in SD, Stu posted this on Facebook this morning:
Getting rained and hailed on today in Rapid City. Not sure if we leave for Colorado today or not. Catching up on rest and laundry.
> near Rapid City, SD

Then early afternoon:
Finally getting some food. Loaded the bikes and we will meet the rest of the crew and start to Colorado. Late but perhaps a little drier — at Arnold's Classic Diner.

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Later in the afternoon;;;
>On the road. Weather cleared enough to go. Hate that hail stuff. Road construction delay Just outside ofat Hot Springs South Dakota.

In for the night. Some very interesting weather and clouds on the ride here. Rain was minimal. — at Wheatland, WY.

Photo: In for the night. Some very interesting weather and clouds on the ride here. Rain was minimal.

We'll see what the weather brings tomorrow....

Back on the home front, Sadie never came home all day yesterday so I let her "sleepover" with her BFFs. She watched me take the motorcycle out this morning (gas run) and then watched me come back. There is a big rock in the field and I suspect she likes sunning on it. Well, about ten minutes later, guess who comes bumping at the door (her version of knocking).

Yup, Miss Sadie - the neighborhood social butterfly. She immediately crashed in her bed and started snoring LOUDLY. She slept about 3-4 hours and then was off again. But guess what, tonight she came home as it got dark. ;-)

Stu's Thursday Travels - half day of rest & errands

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Talked to Stu this morning and the group had decided to stay another night at the hotel. Duane & Bonnie needed to laundry and Mr. Earl needed an oil change. Stu was just bumming around. They planned to do Deadwood and Spearfish Canyon this afternoon.

First login was here: Downtown Deadwood SD.



Last login was here: Late dinner after a full day riding. Spearfish crayon, Deadwood, Sturgis and all the roads in between. — at Ruby Tuesday of Rapid City.

Me? I slept in a little and after letting Sadie out for her day of play, I decided to give my new hair clippers a try out before I jumped in the shower. It was actually pretty easy to do with the color coding. I think I can keep this up easily now, trimming it every 4 weeks or so. I stuck with 1" on the top but when we head off on Route 66, I may trim it shorter to allow for two months of travel.

This is the set I got....each color is a different length, I started with 1" on the top and used shorter lengths around the ears and up the neck.

Oh, you wonder what it looks like? Not much different than any other haircut...honest.


Sadie is like a kid gone to summer camp who never wants to come home. LOL! She loves having a pack to play with (2 Chihuahua, 2 Beagle, 1 Shepherd and her). She hasn't eaten at home for a week...finally took a big bag of dog food to our neighbors. She's a happy pup (and a tired one every night).

Stu's Wednesday Travels - Mt Rushmore, here they come!

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Today is a total sightseeing day - no trailers. Know they enjoyed that!
Mr Earl posing — at Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
Mr Earl posing
 in Keystone, SD ·
With old and new friends — at Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

With old and new friends
in Keystone, SD ·
Custer State Park. Custer, SD

at Custer State Park. Custer, SD.




When I talked to Stu tonight he told me about meeting some blog followers that recognized him but he couldn't remember their name. About 30 minutes later I got the following email:
Hi Donna,

Rudee and I are work camping at Crazy Horse this summer. She works the gift shop and I work the entrance gates. I had a group of bikes come through and one looked awfully familiar but I wasn't sure so I didn't say anything.
Later I was taking my break and saw the group walking around the grounds and then it hit me, "that's Stu!". I went out and asked them if one of them was named Stu and married to a "Froggi". I told him I had been a blog follower from way back and we had a nice chat.
Looks like we still need to meet you though, maybe one day our paths will cross as well.

Phil (and Rudee too!)

ps: I probably didn't recognize him at the gate because of the young shapely blond in the back of his trike! LOL, just kidding of course!
See, you never know who you will run into out on the road, be it in your car, RV or motorcycle!

A great day of riding, they will decide tonight if they want to hotel it here one more day or not. Tomorrow they plan to ride through Deadwood, Spearfish Canyon, Sturgis and maybe Devil's Tower.