Belli's visit to Sturgis, August 2016

Still Under Construction But This is a Good Start.

Every year I attend the Continuing Legal Education courses
put on by the Street Legal Motorcycle Club of Minnesota during
Bike Week in Sturgis, SD.

This year we stayed in the Pondarosa Cabin at Blue Bonnet Lodge
which is located in Custer State Park -- where the buffalo roam.
The courses take place in the morning which gives me the
freedom to ride the Black Hills of South Dakota and walk
the streets of Sturgis. Join me on this year's adventure.

It started on Thursday night at our August social

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02. Looks like most of the group is home packing.

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07. A group photo before we head for Pierre, SD

08. The group photo before we head for Pierre, SD

09. We stop for lunch at Nick's Hamburger Shop in Brookings, SD.

10. Greatest Hamburgers in the world.

11. A wild and crazy group Dead Skunk tries his hand at pole dancing.

12. The craziness is catching. Everyone has to give it a try.

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15. G-Man takes a "Double Dog Dare You" challenge.

16. We stop overnight at "The Clubhouse" in Pierre, SD Drinks, cigars, and dinner on the patio.

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20. I made my traditional stop at Wall Drug.

21. Some took the Badlands route.

22. Rocinante had a burned out headlight which needed repair.

23. We all ended up on the Ponderosa Cabin porch where we would spend the next week.

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26. Outdoor weddings are great; If it doesn't rain!

27. The bride was all smiles anyway.

28. The group went to Sage Creek in Custer for dinner with Kevin "Stones" Snell with Doug "Lucky" and Chris Mc Collum.

29. More old friends: Russ "Loophole" Myhre with Don and Nola Miller.

30. Custer has a tradition of putting painted buffalo statues on every street corner.

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34.	35. CLE classes start Sunday Morning and Cowboy Is first on the schedule so while we visit on the porch he is reviewing his material.

36. After the CLE Classes were concluded I headed for the Wildlife Loop. This is a bridge crossing French Creek.

36. The only buffalo I saw were off in the hills.

38.	39. The "Freedom Riders" were holding a poker run.

40.	41. I order a rattlesnake brat. It had a bite. I gave my name as "Frazee, like Crazy with an F".

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62.	63. This is the dress of a woman cave explorer. All they had for light was a tin can with a candle in it which showed little light in the large caverns.

64. Wind Cave was discovered through this opening from which a constant wind was blowing out.

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68. Unbeknownst to me, I got a picture of the bat.

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76.	77. After a long hot ride all day I joined Chris and Doug "Lucky" Mc Collum for a gin and tonic and a large bowl of buffalo stew.

78.	79. In Custer riders are welcomed by members of the old west.

80.	81. The Crazy Horse Monument in construction since 1945

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151.	152. On my ride from Sturgis to Custer I came across a hail storm. I stopped in the parking lot of the Johnson Siding Fire Department. They invited me to park inside to sit out the storm.

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155.	156. Monday night's CLE course was on the "Religious Restoration Act and Legal Pot"

157. One of the protected religions is The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Here is a Pastafarian wearing the required head covering - a colander.

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167. Fran told me I couldn't wear my jeans with frayed pants legs. I tried to tell her everyone has frayed jeans. Here "Stones" proves my point. This is not a dress up event.

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190. Cooling the dancers down with water. LOL

191. Size doesn't always come away a winner.

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242. Her sweetheart is in the army.

243. She wanted to say "HUA" - Heard, Understood, Acknowledged". Common Army ANACRONISM but she didn't know what it meant or how to spell it. I straightened her out.

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289. Need a new horn (antlers) for your bike? Zip ties will hold anything to your handlebars. I wonder how it does in the wind?

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