Got up to almost 80* today so I figured I'd ride either the Iron Mountain Rd or the Needles Highway (both here in the Black Hills). I got to the Needles Highway first so that's the one I took. A ton of bikes out running around and lots of large critters (buffalo). The highway hasn't been swept yet from the winter crap (it's not maintained during the winter) but not too bad. Some nasty gravel in the Eye of the Needle but everything else was pretty good. Came back down thru Custer State Park and Wind Cave National Park. Got about 120 miles in all total.
I've been all through the black hills several times on my Harley. Can't wait to do it on my Versys. Further west in wyoming is h'way 14, 14A, cheif joseph h'way, and bear tooth pass. These are some of my favorite roads.
My brother lives outside Billings, MT so I've ridden those roads also. The Bighorns just got snow the other day so any riding in Northern Wyoming will have to wait a few more weeks. We are supposed to get a rain/snow mix several times this week.
Amazing. I wish I had stopped to take pictures on my ride there (2 years ago) but the road was so great and the riding was so much fun I couldn't bring myself to stop. And it's a long way from home for me, so I don't know if I'll ever make it back.
I had a good friend in Hot Springs and got up there a few times. The Needles was a nice drive but too much traffic! My friend was Alison who owned the guitar store (Canterbury String Shop) there across from the old RR building and was it an old jail next to the river? Sadly she passed away almost a year ago now.
I'm glad I saw this! Ill be heading through that area in late June and will be stopping in Custer. I probably would have just ended up taking 385 the whole way and missed it.
Custer's a hopping town during tourist season. Good food and lots of rock shops if you like sparklies. Going to be on a bike? In Custer long enough to meet up and have a cold one? I should be around the last 10 days or so of June.
I'm pretty sure that business is still there...........I'll have to go down town and see. I'll wait til the snow stops though. We got about 2" overnight (still snowing) and it is wet heavy crap.
We got about 3" the other night but it is all gone already. Hopefully it gets up in the high 50s - low 60s like it is supposed to, 35 right now but the sun is out :frown2:
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