Day 4: Wet and Wild Ride

Today we went into Sturgis. What a cluster .. er, mess that place can be during Rally week. The traffic was unbelievable. I would put a short video up, but I still have to figure out the GoPro Studio. I promise, it will happen. In the meantime, here is a picture that Donna took of Main Street right after we arrived.

The plan for the day was to meet our friends Sharon and Vickie in Sturgis, do a little shopping and catching up, then ride Boulder Canyon from Sturgis to Deadwood. Well, Mother Nature derailed that plan. 

The rain started around 2:30-ish. At 3:00, we all checked the weather on our phones and saw that the storms were just getting started. We decided to beat feet to our respective campsites -- Sharon and Vickie to Deadwood, and us back to Caputa. 

We were well ahead of the storm when we arrived in Rapid City, so we decided to stop for dinner. All was well, until I thought I needed dessert. At that point, the bullseye of the storm hit Rapid City -- and decided to track slowly to the South and East, exactly along the road we needed to take to get to our camp.

A ride that should have taken about 15 minutes, took almost an hour because we rode much slower than normal. We made it back to camp safe, but very, very wet. 

Lesson learned, next time check the weather before you order dessert, Jae!


Mileage today: 95.4
Total trip: 678.3