Ah, Sturgis Bike Week (password "chrome") in August of 2006 was something that must be experienced sooner or later! Marc and I left from home on a Tuesday and rode to Sioux Falls, South Dakota the first day (560 miles). The Corn Palace was on our list of things to do on Wednesday, then The Badlands, Wall Drug and Rapid City Harley-Davidson all before checking into Black Hills University at Spearfish.
You can pay upwards of $200 or more per night to stay close to Sturgis during the Rally in a hotel with all the amenities or do what we did, stay at Spearfish University for a total of $80 per night in a dorm room. The campus offers a breakfast buffet every morning except on weekends for $5.25 (yes it’s all you can eat)! They also have an indoor pool and weight room (both of which were closed for remodeling). The Dorm hosts made coffee every morning and there was a big screen TV in the lobby. We met many riders from throughout the US at the University. When you split the costs, it was only $40 per night. Its college dorm living at it’s best! What more do you need?
We saw lots of sites during our time in South Dakota. Must sees include, Spearfish Canyon, Mount Rushmore, Needles Highway, the National Cemetery, Devil’s Tower (Wyoming), Sturgis itself, Full Throttle Saloon, Deadwood, and the list goes on.
My only regrets when looking back on our travels was that we didn’t get to Full Throttle Saloon earlier in the week and didn’t spend anytime with my friends from home and the east coast. I apologize for this Steve, Mark and Steve! We arrived back home on the following Tuesday after riding over 2400 miles! What a RUSH!
You can pay upwards of $200 or more per night to stay close to Sturgis during the Rally in a hotel with all the amenities or do what we did, stay at Spearfish University for a total of $80 per night in a dorm room. The campus offers a breakfast buffet every morning except on weekends for $5.25 (yes it’s all you can eat)! They also have an indoor pool and weight room (both of which were closed for remodeling). The Dorm hosts made coffee every morning and there was a big screen TV in the lobby. We met many riders from throughout the US at the University. When you split the costs, it was only $40 per night. Its college dorm living at it’s best! What more do you need?
We saw lots of sites during our time in South Dakota. Must sees include, Spearfish Canyon, Mount Rushmore, Needles Highway, the National Cemetery, Devil’s Tower (Wyoming), Sturgis itself, Full Throttle Saloon, Deadwood, and the list goes on.
My only regrets when looking back on our travels was that we didn’t get to Full Throttle Saloon earlier in the week and didn’t spend anytime with my friends from home and the east coast. I apologize for this Steve, Mark and Steve! We arrived back home on the following Tuesday after riding over 2400 miles! What a RUSH!
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