Beauty And The Beasts

What an amazing day! Up early for a morning run to Crazy Horse Mountain and to Mount Rushmore, via the winding byways of the Black Hills National Forest. Scott beat his beast into submission with a new battery for his security fob, then we were off. Just a beautiful morning run that took us through the way-cool Deadwood, SD. The Crazy Horse Mountain sculpture is a work in progress, and it’s in answer to Mount Rushmore (“Tell the white man that the red man has his heros too”—that’s how it started, from the mouth of one of the Chief’s who fought Custer at Little Big Horn to the Gov. of South Dakota back in the 30’s). Then off we went to Rushmore for a look-see. Four stoned presidents above, lots of little chipmunks below zipping about and keeping the place clean. As we parked there Alberto was showing us the stock linkage that he was planning on switching out for something cooler when we got back to Sturgis; on our way out of the Rushmore parking lot guess what? The linkage on his beast crapped out. Who knew linkages had ears? One zip tie and two bits of wire to the rescue then we proceeded to Rapid City (we tried to find the Nemo road, but it was too well hidden). It was getting past lunchtime, so we beamed up the interstate towards Sturgis. My beast almost ran out of gas—thank you reserve tanks!—but a quick stop and I hooked back up with my guys. We toodled around Mainn Street Sturgis again, Alberto got his replacement linkage and had it installed, so his beast was happy as could be. With the sun getting low we aim for home, and 12 miles from home PFFFT, my beast gets very grumpy, losing power. Seems I’m running now on one cylinder, which is not good. So Sunday morning’s goal—limp back into Sturgis and find a mechanic who can bring the BMW beast back to life. Stay tuned! OH HEY, ALSO--check yesterdays post below for new pics!