Black HillsRally Event Log

[4U2NV]

A few of us have made it to Keystone already. We get an extra day to settle in and browse around. I plan on getting the GPS unit loaded with our routes for the next few days. It sure is nice to sit back and not hear any traffic.

However to get back on task. This thread is for all of us attendees to post up our photos for the trip. This is the place to make all the other members jelous for skipping out on a great event. I will start things off with a photo from our drive over to Keystone.

Here is my wife, Melinda, outside the corn palace in Mitchell, SD.
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[Ulrich]

I should have taken a sign of the "Fick Museum" I came across on the way up. Anybody speaking German will understand that joke. Everybody else can probably guess. :laugh:

And no, I have no idea what that was all about.

[Fredric]

This is the view from our balcony. Note the profile of Washington on the mountain.

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[Ulrich]

A stop-over on the way to Keystone this morning:

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[c-zap]

Nice.

[Ulrich]

The group at dinner tonight (Nugget is MIA at this point):

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Fred (Fredric), Rose Mary (Irish Rose) & Rachel (Mrs. s2kbobby)

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Dick (Wanderer), Lonnie, Jo Pat, Joe (Griffon)

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Rachel & Bob (s2kbobby)

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Ted (C-zap), Doug (Hmrhd) & Renee

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Larry (Larry / Duluth) & Sue, Melinda & Jason (4u2nv)

[karwath]

keep the photos coming.

I recognize most of those people, bt it looks like Doug and Joe got new haircuts for the trip!

[Ulrich]

Today's events took us through Custer State Park, to Wind Cave (fourth largest cave in the world?) and then to Custer for lunch before hiting Crazy Horse.

Lots of driving on some very nice roads:

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There were some critters along the way:

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Doug and Renee sporting the event t-shirt: :)

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A couple of photo ops:

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This is what it's supposed to look like when they are done. But as Fred was commenting "It doesn't look any different than it did 25 years ago..." :)

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We got rained on on the way back to the hotel, but thankfully it was just really big drops of rain and no hail. They did issue a tornado warning for the area, though.

[griffon]

Ulrich is a lightweight.

[Fredric]

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Rose Mary, Doug and Renee about 200 feet underground in Wind Cave.

[Fredric]

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All the Cars at Crazy Horse Monument

[Fredric]

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Rose Mary Unloading the Car for the Beer Exchange

[Ike 2.2]

No pics to upload yet, but Cecilia and I were really glad to meet all of you!
Enjoy the rest of your SD Rally. Hope too see you again in the future!

Isaac

[c-zap]

Well my adventure continues, I'm at Rushmore Honda with well you"ll see.

[Ulrich]

Only one picture from today:

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The rest of the day was spent driving and hanging out at the Honda dealership in Rapid City in support of our fellow club member. ;)

Ah, I'm lying. Three pictures for today:

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That lovely lady on the left may just become our newest club member. ;)

[karwath]

Hope the dealership trip was not needed for repairs. :nervous:

[The Mangonel]

I so wish I could be with you on this trip. If I didn't have to work, I'd love to be there. Enjoy the trip, and stay out of repair shops!

[Fredric]

Ted's (c-zap) car had a CEL and when they checked it out it was for a burnt valve on the #2 cylinder. It should be fixed tomorrow and the even better news is that AHM may take care of some portion of the cost even though it is an '02 it has only about 30,000 miles. Ted will be able to give more details but it is quite a story. Be sure to ask about the loaner that the dealership was able to come up with.

[Len44]

Tell us! Tell us! Inquiring minds want to know!!!

Really wishing I could have made this trip. Recognizing some of the roads from when I used to live out there in Rapid...

[karwath]

i bet they had an odyssey for the loaner!

[c-zap]

Well it's wednesday morning here in the hills and the group is getting ready for breakfast here at the K bar S Lodge. I'm still carless but the dealership in Rapid City (Rushmore Honda) has the car and is hoping to have the car repaired by this afternoon. They are replacing the exhaust valves in the #2 cylinder and I think one exhaust valve in the #1 cylinder.

I recieved a check engine light on my journey out here to S.D after filling up with gas. I thought it was the old gas cap not being tight enough and tried to ignore it. Well the light wouldn't clear so we reset the ecu and of corse the light cleared. The car seemed to be running fine , no different then before so I let it go. Well after I arrived here at the lodge I went to move my car and the light came on again. I got suspicous and refrained from driving the the following day even though myself and others here figured it was probably nothing. I'm glad I trusted my gut this time to say the least.

The people at Rushmore Honda have gone above the call of duty in trying to help me out. Super friendly Super accomodating and to top it off , what a loner car. Show them the pics Fred.:rockon:

[Irish Rose]

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Ted's Loaner

[Irish Rose]

There will be more details in the future, I am sure.:laugh: watch for more news at 11:00

[s2k 4 me]

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Ted's Loaner

Wow! :shocked: Thats a nice ride! It would be tough to choose between that and the S :rofl:
Glad everythings working out :thumbsup:

[c-zap]

Hey now lets be respectful :nono: :) This is Nancy a employee at Rushmore Honda. She decided to join us on are drive and was gracious/brave enough to let me behind the wheel of her car. What a sport. So after coming all the way out here I actually got some seat time on some of these wonderful roads. Thanks Nancy !!:thumbup: :rockon:

[s2k 4 me]

Hey now lets be respectful :nono: :) This is Nancy a employee at Rushmore Honda. She decided to join us on are drive and was gracious/brave enough to let me behind the wheel of her car. What a sport. So after coming all the way out here I actually got some seat time on some of these wonderful roads. Thanks Nancy !!:thumbup: :rockon:

Believe me, I meant nothing disrespectful...............Glad she could could join us! :thumbsup: I was talking about the Buick behind her :rofl:

[Fredric]

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This picture shows the car better. The entrance to the resort is in the background.

[Ike 2.2]

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Ted's Loaner

If a CEL gets you a loaner S2K and a female driving companion, then I think Nugget should give it a try as long as the loaner is supercharged (car or companion...) :D

[My_yella_s2k]

wait wait wait.... you get a s2k loaner if u drop a s2k off? nice
here, when u drop off a ferrari, youd still get either a civic or a 06 accord.... or 1 of 3 elements or crvs (06;s not the new ones)

[Fredric]

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Close Encounters of the S2000 kind. Rose Mary went with Ulrich while I took Ted to retrieve his car. Ted is back with his car fixed and Nancy is joining us again this evening. What a great event!

[MUTHACLUTCHA]

Hey S2kca Black Hills Rally Gang! Just Wanted To Let You All Know How Much Fun I Had Tagging Along With You And I Am Definately Going To Join The Club And Hopefully See You All In Indiana In September. Hope You All Enjoyed The Black Hills And All The Curvy Roads! -financy / Muthaclutcha

[Fredric]

Nancy,

Glad you enjoyed hanging out with us. We will be watching for your membership and look forward sending out your membership packet.

Fred & Rose Mary

[Fredric]

It is hard to let go of such a fun time. Three couples are spending the night here in beautiful downtown Pierre, South Dakota. Bob and Rachel, on their way back to Winnipeg, and Jason and Belinda, on their way to the twin cities by way of Brookings, SD, are sharing the evening with us here. This has been such a great time and all of the participants are super people. Today we met an S2000 owner from Sacramento, California when we were at the badlands. She was so excited to see us and, of course we gave her a "Join The Club" card. Safe travels to all.

[Nugget]

If a CEL gets you a loaner S2K and a female driving companion, then I think Nugget should give it a try as long as the loaner is supercharged (car or companion...) :D

I am always on the look out for a nice supercharged companion, foreign or domestic. :rofl:

I hope ya'll made it home safe and it was a pleasure "running" into ya'll on the way up there. It worked out better than I could have imagined. Next time ya'll are in my neck of the woods let me know and I will give ya'll the locals tour. Scott can take care of the martini's Cecilia. :laugh:

P.S. The track day went well and past several 911 996's on the track. he he. still working on catching up to the Z06's, but was closer than I thought. Go S/C.

Hope ya'll can my s2kdays. similar to black hills rally with 5X times the fun, cars, and people

Nancy - It was a pleasure meeting you. It was fun sharing battle scar stories with you. You were an amazing addition to the group just like Isaac and Cecilia, unforunately you didn't have the pleasure of meeting them, hopefully at s2kdays though.

Ciao

[c-zap]

Well I made it home lastnite about 7:30 local time. The car is running strong. My mileage has improved as well coming in at a best 29.9 mpg (top down even) compared to 26.5mpg before the head work.:rockon:

I would like to give a heartfelt thank you to the staff at Rushmore Honda. :thumbup: Terry,Vicky,Jimmy,Tim,Nancy Fred and all the others who were involved who I may have missed. What a great group of people. I also would like to thank Honda for taking care of the majority of the cost. It's great to see a big company for a change stand behind its product. Kudos to them, I appreciated it for sure. :thumbup:

It was a pleasure seeing some new faces. Always nice to meet other club meambers and even people (future members :) ) that Denver corrals on the freeway.

I'll see you next time at the the USGP !! :clap: :clap: :clap:

[griffon]

Arrived home just after Midnight this morning.
We had a wonderful time.
Thanks to all,
Joe & Jo Pat

[griffon]

Nancy,

Glad you enjoyed hanging out with us. We will be watching for your membership and look forward sending out your membership packet.

Fred & Rose Mary

I think it would be nice if the Club could gift her a membership for being such a good sport. Or if it won't maybe the Gang could chip in.
Count me in.
Joe

[c-zap]

I think it would be nice if the Club could gift her a membership for being such a good sport. Or if it won't maybe the Gang could chip in.
Count me in.
Joe

:thumbup: In.

[Irish Rose]

We made it home to Larimore this afternoon after driving through some intermittent heavy rain again. We parted ways with Jason and Melinda just after leaving Pierre, SD, this morning and convoyed with Bob and Rachel to Fargo where we had lunch together before we headed home and they went to do a bit of shopping before heading on to Winnipeg. We SO enjoyed this week with its drives, sightseeing stops, and socialization opportunities. We are now getting ready for the USGP and, a bit later, S2KDays. Safe travels to all until we meet again.

[karwath]

I think it would be nice if the Club could gift her a membership for being such a good sport. Or if it won't maybe the Gang could chip in.
Count me in.
Joe

One way or the other get her signed up and then someone nominate her for member of the month!

[4U2NV]

Melinda and I made it home about an hour ago. We made a short stop in Brookings to visit her old campus. It was a fun trip home with a few surprises...

We bypassed the interstate highways and took backroads home. Along the way we had to take a detour. We found that US212 in Minnesota was under construction in the town of Bird Island. ALL lanes of traffic through town were torn up. We had to take a detour off-road and through a cemetery. Yes, the official detour routed us through a little roadside cemetery!

We are getting settled back in tonight and will post up photos later this weekend.

[lacochino]

My Darlings!

We are FINALLY HOME. And guess what. It's - wait - wait for it - RAINING! Sigh.

We had a little off-road adventure, rain, sun, rain, nostalgia, all good.

Milo (our dog) is thrilled to have us home, and I am equally happy about sleeping in my own bed tonight.

What a splendid time we had this week.

I agree with the kudos to Rushmore Honda. They went ABOVE AND BEYOND. The loaner was great, the person that went with it was even better.

What fun it was to see all of the Circle tour people (except you Karwath!), and to meet the rest of you. What a blast.

I'm sure Jason (4U2NV) will be posting some of our pictures, and if possible a couple of the movies we shot.

:-)

[photodavo]

Welcome Melinda - I just changed your member status. :)

Welcome to the forums! :clap:

[Mrs Wanderer]

We arrived in Firth, NE around 7 p.m. tonight. We made a stop in Rapid City at Sioux Pottery to do a little shopping! :D We spent the night in Chamberlain to visit the Lakota Museum and more shopping at their gift shop!! :D :D

What a sensational time in the Black Hills. Great drives and the best of company! :rockon: It was so great to spend more time getting to know each other. So glad that things worked out good for Ted with the repair at Rushmore Honda. Nancy was a nice addition to our group.

Mr Wanderer will be posting some of our photos soon.

See ya all in Indiana:D :D :D

[Wanderer]

Let me echo the sentiments of the others to say that Lonnie and I had a great time. Jason and Melinda, Great planning and coordination. no other words suffice. Ya did good! :rockon: Ulrich, You also were right in there with the coordination. Not to mention the beer exchange! :D. Fred and Rosemary, Just think. Personally delivering the welcome packet for our Canadian friends! :D All I can say is thanks to one and all!!:rockon: :rockon:

Ok... gotta get into planning mode for Indiana! :D

Thanks to the folks at Rushmore Honda for their helping Ted with his S
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Lining up at the K bar S for a drive
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Some of the beads at Prairie Edge in Rapid City
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This is the Prairie dog that just kept coming closer and closer to the car while I was taking his picture. If I had waited a bit longer, he mihgt have gotten in and came along for some of the driving :)
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[lacochino]

Davo - thanks!

I'm sure that Jason will have my avatar all up and running soon... This could be scary. I'll be nosing around to try and figure out all of the fun things you can add to a post.

The last forum I "belonged" to was a wedding planning group. I think I am going to enjoy this one WAY more than that one!

[Ulrich]

Well, I am somewhere between OKC and Dallas, approx 360 miles to go tomorrow -- should be an easy drive.

For those who care: It was raining in Rapid City this morning when I left (naturally). In fact, it did not stop until I was in Valentine, NE (wherever that is -- I just follow the GPS). And as a matter of fact, I have been rained on in every single state that I crossed today.

Drought my butt.......

[s2kbobby]

Got to Winnipeg at 7:30 pm Friday to sporadic rain. We did clear Canadian customs with the top down and made it about 40 miles to Morris MB before the rain forced us to re-roof. :waa:

We will have pictures to post as soon as there is time to download the camera and upload.

A lot has been said about all of the good things that happened and I won't repeat the accolades except to say that we had a wonderful time meeting new American friends and sharing experiences.

Fred and Rosemary, the drive home was a lot more fun with you along and the lunch in Fargo was a nice way to end the trip. If you are up in Canada vacationing or just mooching about there is always a bed and a meal here for you.

Jason and Melinda, thanks for organizing such a great time. You put a lot of effort into planning our days activities and timelines with no real hickups (except for Ted's great adventure).

This morning the novelty of freeway driving has worn off but perhaps near September I may be ready for another long drive to Indiana.

BTW the sky is partly cloudy and the temp is about 80 in the shade. Good day to wash the S.

Nice to be home.

Thanks to all,
Rob and Rachel

[c-zap]

[We arrived in Firth, NE around 7 p.m. tonight. We made a stop in Rapid City at Sioux Pottery to do a little shopping! :D We spent the night in Chamberlain to visit the Lakota Museum and more shopping at their gift shop!! :D :D

Lonnie and her shopping :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) Its a good thing the S is a relatively small car :D

[Irish Rose]

I feel like I am back in the Black Hills. The skies just opened up and started to pour rain. This time there is not even a rainbow like we saw on our way back from Devil's Tower.

Rose Mary

[Irish Rose]

Wait a minute, it just stopped raining. Oh yah, that is how it was out there too.

[Mrs Wanderer]

Lonnie and her shopping :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) Its a good thing the S is a relatively small car :D

The shopping only gets carried away when it comes to Native America stuff.:) One more thing....we have to know who made it before we buy it. We keep track of who made what. Our log home has a bit of a Native theme.:thumbsup:

I guess there won't be much shopping in Indiana.

[Ulrich]

My stats for the way home... ;)

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[Insider's comment: US-83 is almost as good as US-385!]

Total trip was 3,520 miles; I used 138 gallons for an average of 25.5 mpg.

And it was well worth it. :thumbsup:

[Len44]

131 MPH!!!! Way to Go!!!

What kind of trip computer you got there? Looks neat.

[Ulrich]

That's a garmin Nuvi 350.

[Ulrich]

Various pictures from Day 4.

In Sturgis, at the motorcycle museum:

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And they even had a Honda bike at the museum! ;)

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Entering the Badlands:

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The obligatory line-up:

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Rain in the distance:

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And a quick stop at Wall Drug:

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[MUTHACLUTCHA]

Wow, am I glad I bought an S2000 and not an Odyssey!
Thanks, guys! Had a lot of fun, looking forward to S2Kdays! I am working on bringing a supercharged companion for you, Nugget... pretty sure she'll be domestic!

[Nugget]

Wow, am I glad I bought an S2000 and not an Odyssey!
Thanks, guys! Had a lot of fun, looking forward to S2Kdays! I am working on bringing a supercharged companion for you, Nugget... pretty sure she'll be domestic!

:rockon: Sweetness. I look forward to meeting her. Hope she has a strong stomach, because I definitely get a little spirited on drives, but definitely within reason.

[Jerome]

Black Hills gang, I am really sorry that I could not make the S.D. Event I was really looking forward to going until work kept me here. I hope to see you fine folks at the S2KDays this year! Denver does like spirited driving, but he always keeps his S on the pavement (and in his lane). Ulrich were you following Denver when you hit 131 mph?

Jerome
NW Arkansas
Black Stealth FI S2000

[lacochino]

Heh.

We missed you Jerome - but we didn't forget about you. :)

D - tell them about the Tumbleweed... :tumble:

[s2kbobby]

Yeah Nugget, that tumbleweed was stuck to your grill like a dead coyote!

[rockfish]

My stats for the way home... ;)


[Insider's comment: US-83 is almost as good as US-385!]

Total trip was 3,520 miles; I used 138 gallons for an average of 25.5 mpg.

And it was well worth it. :thumbsup:

Wow!! Very nice. :thumbup: Just hope the law doesn't subpoena your GPS. :D

So, how does the S handle at 130mph?

I remember you posting something telling everyone they should do the BHR because it would be a blast. Looks like you were right.

[MUTHACLUTCHA]

Glad everyone has made it home and with good gas mileage as well! Ulrich: Valentine, Ne is 9 miles south of the NE state line on hwy 83, its where I grew up. I may be the worst SD local, but I know NE!!

Remember when we had to stop to see if they left the springs in my car? Turns out it was a big fat screw in my tire! can't even patch it have to get a whole new tire! Now I need a loner!!

[c-zap]

Check engine light, cracked windshield, burned valves and now flat tire. :yikes: :confused: I better start going to church.:)

[pondpickle]

Doug and I arrived back in Wisconsin late Friday evening.
Actually, we coasted in to Wisconsin.
We ran out of gas in a driving rainstorm on a very busy stretch of I-90, 3 miles across the Wisconsin border and 2 miles from the nearest gas station.
Hello AAA!

What a wonderful event this was. I could not imagine how much fun it would be.
Thank you all for accepting me in to your group.

Jason and Melinda…your exceptional efforts are most commendable.
Doug, I thank you for your perseverance, patience and perspicacity.
You have a nice car, too! :)

I hope I have an opportunity to see you all again and to take the road less traveled by—because it has made all the difference. (With due respects to R. Frost)

Renee "pondpickle"

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Here’s our aimless group…looking in the direction their GPS’s tell them to look in

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Crazy Horse monument and S2ks

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A typical road

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Doug (talking with Ted), Ulrich, Melinda and Jason at the Powderhouse in Keystone

[4U2NV]

It has taken a while for me to get settled back in to routine since returning from our trip. I finally have our photos uploaded to the site and have everything ready to share with all of you.

Here is the K Bar S Lodge where we stayed for most of our trip.
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View from the K Bar S
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Another view of the lodge
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Our first stop on Monday. This is one of the few times that we all had our tops down.
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A bunch of S a$$
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View from the waystop
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This sign is a good example of what most of US16A is like. :)
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On the road to Custer Park
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Here is Ike and Celia (sorry if I mis-spelled your names). This is the S owner that Denver flagged down on the way to Keystone. They joined us for a day of fun.
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We had some slow traffic in front of us so we stopped at a wayside pitstop on the way to Wind Cave Natl Park. This was the view from there.
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Welcome to the Wind Caves.
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Inside the Caves.
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Next stop, Crazy Horse.
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[4U2NV]

Day Two Travels

First I helped Ted (c-zap) drop off his car at Rapid City Honda
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First official stop of the day, Mount Rushmore. Typical group parking job. :)
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Melinda and I in front of the Presidents.
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This is all I have for photos on day 2. After leaving Mount Rushmore we drove some of the local twisty roads. I highly recommend Nemo Road! Nemo Road ended in Rapid City where we had lunch and picked up Ted. We spent a lot of time at the Honda Dealer. However, we got a new member out of the side stop (Hello MuthaClutcha). MuthaClutcha (Nancy) joined us when we left the dealership and we drove through Needles Hwy and US16A again before heading back to the lodge.

[4U2NV]

Day Three Travels

We drove through Spearfish Canyon in the rain, sorry no photos. :( From there we went to Belle Fourche. This is the center point of the USA. The Black Hills are the central most point for every one to have an S2K Days. Something to think about. :think:
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Next stop was Devils Tower. Here is what a rain storm looks like when traveling to the site.
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Here is what the surrounding landscape looked like.
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Sorry no guns permitted. Our local Texan, Ulrich, thought about turning around at this point. :)
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Since Rose Mary was with him and she had an Eagle Pass for FREE entry, Ulrich decided to proceed.
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Some of our group went their separate ways, so this is all those that went to Devils Tower.
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Here is Ulrich strutting towards the gift shop.
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Here is Joe. I think he was looking forward to the evenings beer exchange.
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As we walked up the path towards the base of the tower a miracle happened... The sun came out for about 5 minutes.
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That was short lived. Here is a photo from the road after we left.
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Here is one to make my wife happy. On the way back to our hotel, she was having fun taking picture of rainbows.
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At dinner that evening we lost track of a few people. After thinking that we hunted everyone down we headed to the restaurant. We arrived and discovered that we had ditched Ulrich. Here is a picture of where he would have been seated.
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[4U2NV]

Day Four Travels - The End is Here

The first stop was the motorcycle museum in Sturgis. Other have posted photos from there so I have nothing to add.

Next stop was the Badlands. Here are our photos from there.
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Larry needs to get a little better at parking. :)
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Much better Larry.
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Ulrich and Melinda
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Larry and Sue
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Bob and Me
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More of the Badlands
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Most everyone decided to go their own way from here. Only stop left was Wall Drug. Here is Ulrich and Melinda on a bench at the store.
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Melinda buying fudge. :)
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Our trip was now over, so here comes the sun.
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[4U2NV]

Thanks to all of you that joined us on this trip. I hope to see all of you at S2K Days!

[c-zap]

Great pics . :thumbup:

[joe_s2k]

Excellent travel log! It made my Monday morning coffee much better. Glad you all had a great time.

[Len44]

Beautiful -- Beautiful -- Beautiful!!! Way to go with the pics and you all clearly know how to have some fun! Sure do wish I could have made it.:waa: :waa:

[Bob A (SD)]

Picked up a cabin filter At Rushmore Honda last week and they asked if I'd met up with this group. Sadly no as I was out of town at the time. Worse is that I can't see any of your pictures in either Firefox or IE. ARGH!

--Bob

MY03 Sebring Silver/Red #7758

[4U2NV]

All the links to our photo log are broken for the time being. This is a short-term technical issues for the web site. Once our photo service is up and running again, the photos will be back up for you to view.

Everyone had a great time! I am thinking of arranging a Second Black Hills Rally in the Spring of 2009. As we get closer to the Summer driving season next year, I will get some plans together.

[Bob A (SD)]

Both being able to see your pictures and you all returning in 2009 sound great. I had just retired the end of March and as stated above was out of town. Next time I hope to meet up with the gang. The parts manager, among others, was pretty complimentary about the visiting group.

--Bob

One in the local Hills
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One back East in my hometown in the queue for a 4th of July parade
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[Ulrich]

Dammit, I cannot find any of my pictures from this trip -- I thikn they may have got lost during my last computer crash. There was the picture we took in the Badlands, with the mountain that looked hand-painted in the background that I wanted to include in the calendar. If any of y'all happens to have a copy or one that you took out there, please PM me and/or e-mail it to me.

Or any other pictures from the trip that you deem worthy. ;)

[c-zap]

Everyone had a great time! I am thinking of arranging a Second Black Hills Rally in the Spring of 2009. As we get closer to the Summer driving season next year, I will get some plans together.[/QUOTE]


:rockon: Let's do it again !! No car issues this time.:mad:

[4U2NV]

Ted, I figured you would want to go again. This time you can do some driving. :rofl:

[4U2NV]

Ulrich...

I got busy this weekend and didn't get to look through my photos from the trip. I will try to get to it tonight.

[Wanderer]

Spring 2009???

OK, Back into planning mode...

[c-zap]

Ted, I figured you would want to go again. This time you can do some driving. :rofl:

I hear ya. :LOL: While riding shotgun with the German from Texas was fun, I still would like to experience the roads out there behind the wheel.

[Ulrich]

Do you guys still have the .PDF with the trip itinerary that I had for you to download? I can't find my copy anymore; if someone could e-mail it to me I'd appreciate it.

Thanks!

[Wanderer]

Do you guys still have the .PDF with the trip itinerary that I had for you to download? I can't find my copy anymore; if someone could e-mail it to me I'd appreciate it.

Thanks!

Can do.

[Ulrich]

Thx. Just what I was looking for. :)

[kialee]

All the links to our photo log are broken for the time being. This is a short-term technical issues for the web site. Once our photo service is up and running again, the photos will be back up for you to view.

Everyone had a great time! I am thinking of arranging a Second Black Hills Rally in the Spring of 2009. As we get closer to the Summer driving season next year, I will get some plans together.

I just owned 09 s2k n just want to know is I can join s2k club for some fun riding around in Minnesota. Please let me know!:overhere: :

[kialee]

I went to Black Hills this past summer. Lots o fun there! Please Email me about being s2k club/member at kialee73@hotmail.com.

[Wanderer]

I just owned 09 s2k n just want to know is I can join s2k club for some fun riding around in Minnesota. Please let me know!:overhere: :

First of all, check out the Northern Lights chapter. http://forums.s2kca.com/forumdisplay.php?f=173

Next year's S2Kdays will be in the Black Hills. Join us, won't you?

As far as membership is concerned, try this. http://forums.s2kca.com/payments.php

[bigsakius]

For the event organizers out there. I currently live out here in the black hills and would like to help out with anything I can. Accommodations, recommendations of sites and good eats. Let me know should be a fun time.,