Sturgis Trip - Day 2

Okay, I am able to put the pictures on my computer, but I'm not able to load them on the blog. I suspect it is a Blogspot problem... Sorry!

I’m very tempted to make this a green blog… yet uncertain how to make that happen. I guess if you say it is green, that is all that matters. I could try powering the computer with an “alternative” source of energy, like the type that was prevalent in the hotel room last night… Perhaps not, too explosive. Anyway, as we traveled through Wyoming today I can now see how important the environment is. It has been an overcast day which is fine by me, with a few showers on and off throughout the day. As long as the bikes are already dirty, a little more rain won’t hurt. Once again, I am happy to be trailering our bikes. We have seen a number of bikers headed to Sturgis, many of whom waved, unlike yesterday’s one jerk.

Repo Man is keeping a watchful eye for wildlife. We were barely on the road when he spotted the first antelope, so he says. You have to be a little skeptical when he describes is as being “640 yards away on the edge of that field, looks like it may have a bad leg and a tick on its left ear…no, make that a zit”. It is not that I’m calling RM a liar, but come on! He is pretty good at spotting the wildlife while Outlaw and I are good at spotting "the wildlife”. It is a subtle nuance, but to each his own… Fortunately for us, the antelope seem to be in rather short supply, otherwise we would get regular updates. It is not apparent why there are less than years past, but I am going to chalk it up to “Global Warming”! After all, isn’t it the cause of everything bad?

I solved (with a little bit of help) the picture download problem. I now have them on the computer, but unfortunately I cannot get them in the blog... With any luck I will get it resolved soon.

We stopped at RadioShack in Rock Springs. The helpful employee told me she could solve all my problems. Unfortunately, she was only able to solve the computer download issue…Perhaps she can tackle the rest on the return trip. I can download pictures from all the cameras, the internet and the Hubble telescope…. I was beside myself at the thought of Sturgis blog with no pictures. After all, that is half the fun. Please note, I do all of this for our devoted followers!

Besides the occasional antelope, we did see a wind farm. I was impressed with the sheer size of the windmills and turbines. It looks like the turbine housing is as big as a box car. The blades were hundreds of feet long. As you can imagine, these behemoths are quite a spectacular sight and the future of cleaner energy for our country. When do they actually rotate? All but a handful were sitting perfectly still, technological wonders, but not producing enough energy to power this lap top… At the same time, we did see gas and crude pipelines delivering real energy to power our cities, cars, trucks and planes.

Wyoming is a geologist paradise. There are alluvial plains heaving upward into perfect riding areas for dirt bikes. You could ride forever out here and not see a single sole, antelope, but no people. Wyoming also has snow fences. These are quite tall wooden structures to prevent drifting snow from blocking the highways. They are everywhere. Note to file…never live where they have to install “snow fences”.

We are stopping in Gillette, Wyoming for our assault on Sturgis first thing in the morning. No, I don’t know if they make razors here. I’ll get back to you on that.

See you on the road….