Deadwood's main street |
Its a modern town today. |
Not a ruthless desperado in sight |
Unless its all the motorcyclists on the other side of the street |
My pictures were taken thru the windshield of the CRV so they have reflection from the afternoon sun but the idea of the place is still the same.
Stand along the highway |
On Main street headed West |
This will be closed to traffic when the Rally opens on Monday |
Stands selling biker stuff on every corner |
The Liquor store had that big bottle of Jack on top |
I turned around and came back to the East |
Pictures are better without the sun on the windshield |
Need a tattoo or body piercing? |
The area where the bikers congregate is about eight blocks long |
They were still setting up many of the booths along the highway, and many of the stores are bike related and seemed to be operated mostly during the event. I wonder what the daily requirement for body piercing is in December?
This is the rest of Thursday's activities, but with so many pictures, it will tax the park wifi. So I had better quit right here and see if it will upload. Tomorrow we will have pictures from the Custer State Park, and no discussion of motorcycles. But there are thousands of them here so it is impossible to take a picture that doesn't include one somewhere!
Retired Rod
You were lucky to get in & out of Sturgis before all the bikes rolled in. Never did have an urge to go there. Just waaaaaay too many people for me. I have a very short memory of Deadwood. It was night, we were partially lost & I remember driving through Deadwood coming from somewhere heading for somewhere else.
ReplyDeleteWe were in that area around the time of the Sturgis Bike Rally in 2007. I think it was just before, like you, and there were tens of thousands of bikes everywhere. It really must be something to see when it actually begins - must be pretty noisy!
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