Day 9 – Sunday, July 1 – Sheridan WY to Hill City SD
This day met us with a hefty amount
of interstate travel. We heard 14 hwy
was quite smoky, and we wanted to get to Devils Tower in the morning and
Sturgis by lunch, so that is why we rode I-90.
We rode for around 3 hours from
Sheridan to Devils Tower
National Monument. Stopping once for gas and water, we arrived
at our first destination and took it all in.
If you have never been to Devils Tower, I highly suggest it. It was my second time there and I enjoyed it
as much as the first time. This time, I
opted to go in to the park, since we had our super duper America the Beautiful
park pass. :) Not much to see, if you don’t feel like
getting off a bike and hiking up to the monument, so we went back down and had
some fun with the prairie dogs.
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| Theresa and Ronnie at Devils Tower |
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| Devils Tower |
Once in Sturgis, we found a spot to
eat called Loud American
Roadhouse for lunch. Each of us would typically split a meal
between with our spouse, which we planned on doing this time as well. When ordering, Ronnie asked the server if we
could split the $16 all you could eat beef tips, which was the special of the
day. She said sure. We asked too, she said sure. We. Got. Stuffed.
We moved from Loud American
Roadhouse through town to the Buffalo
Chip, which was where Kathy and I stayed in 2005
in our toy hauler with another couple.
Once we explained how the location was set up, we went down the road to Full Throttle Saloon to show to Ronnie and Theresa. We met the 100%
pure bread Jack Ass named Emmit, who didn’t give us much face time. Emmit was
hanging out by the air conditioner fan and went over to eat his cheerios that
were laying on the floor and drink out of his water bowl.
We took out of Sturgis about as
quick as we got there and headed towards Hill City, through Deadwood, down 385
Hwy. What a wonderful road. Once we got in to town, we located a gas
station and got some fuel and water. It
was also our option for looking for a hotel or motel. After a couple of calls,
we found The Lantern Inn Motel, which was close to full and about the right price ($150)
after splitting a double queen room. This
was our coziest landing spot, but worth it, since it had a small kidney shaped
pool to dip in after a hot day on the road.
Ronnie and I wondered across the road to the supermarket/liquor store to
score some beer and “tea” as Ronnie calls it.
Then, we enjoyed the pool for a while, meeting more nice people from all
over the states. It was a good location
to say the least.
Since tonight was laundry night, we
had to locate an eating spot near the laundry mat, which happened to be located
within the gas station we had stopped at earlier. We settled on the Mangy Moose Saloon for some beers and burritos, which was a nice place and
had good food. Once dinner was done and
laundry was folded, we headed back to the motel to get some shuteye.
Other highlights:
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Miles: ~ 325
This day met us with a hefty amount
of interstate travel. We heard 14 hwy
was quite smoky, and we wanted to get to Devils Tower in the morning and
Sturgis by lunch, so that is why we rode I-90.
We moved from Loud American
Roadhouse through town to the Buffalo
Chip, which was where Kathy and I stayed in 2005
in our toy hauler with another couple.
Once we explained how the location was set up, we went down the road to Full Throttle Saloon to show to Ronnie and Theresa. We met the 100%
pure bread Jack Ass named Emmit, who didn’t give us much face time. Emmit was
hanging out by the air conditioner fan and went over to eat his cheerios that
were laying on the floor and drink out of his water bowl.
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