Sturgis, Shakespeare, And Bikers? Oh My!
I've done and seen quite a bit during my years attending the annual
Sturgis Rally. I've ridden many of the popular routes and loops
such as the Badlands, Needles Highway, Spearfish Canyon, Vanocker
Canyon, Bear Butte loop, Sundance Road ride, Nemo Road ride and I
even slipped and slid a Road Glide across dusty gravel roads off
Hwy 90 to take the back way into the Buffalo Chip.
I've visited Crazy Horse, Deadwood, Lead, Hill City, Mt. Rushmore,
Rapid City, Wall Drug, Devil's Tower, and rode ATVs through the Black Hills to
stand atop the cliffs overlooking Spearfish canyon. I've taken the
stereotypical bike lineup photo on Main Street, spent way too much
time in the Dungeon Bar, watched knocked down brawls at the Knuckle
Saloon, inhaled way too much motorcycle tire
smoke standing near the pits at the Full Throttle Saloon, camped on
someone's front yard on Lazelle Street, and watched the tow trucks
haul away numerous motorcycles after 2 am on Main Street.
I've stayed way too late into the night at Glencoe and saw things I
wish I wouldn't have, been to Hulett on a Wednesday, eaten several
burgers at Lewies, and even knocked down a few pins at Buffalo
Bills Bowling Alley before it closed down and became Sturgis
Strikers.
One thing I have never done/seen while attending the Sturgis Rally
however, is watch a bunch of bikers looking types performing
Shakespeare's Macbeth. But Motorcycle Macbeth is
evidently something I could have watched the team with the Bird
Cage Theatrics Company perform, had I rode out to the rally this
year.