8.5.06 - ABM's Unbelievable But True....

The local Rapid City dealership is...."RICE Honda"! And, Speaking of Calamity Jane's being constantly half in the bag, someone reminded me that the quality of drinking water around Deadwood during Wild Bill Hickock's time, was so bad, they had to drink booze to avoid dysentry! Doesn't that sound like bike week, without the bad water? (Like a drinking club, with a motorcycle problem). Ten spaces down, my neighbor-bro's have set up a BIG yellow tent, looks like the ones caterers use, laid down 4x 8 sheets of plywood, and set up a fully-stocked, ten foot long bar, with liquor bottles in full view. You can drop by for a shot or two on your way to the laundry or shower hall. Hell, you could drop by on the return trip, too, no charge. The traffic is getting worse in downtown Sturgis, and nearly-naked women are finally showing up on the street, but half of them look like Clamity Jane, no, Jane looks BETTER than the half I've seen. Downtown Sturgis hit 103 degrees yesterday, so they weren't wearing much. Have gone into the "Mexican Siesta" mode. where you fart around in the morning, sleep the afternoon, then wake up and fart around at night. If you're headed out here, and like to fish,
water levels are way down because of the drought, and they're hauling in the big ones on bare hooks. Saw a little kid pull out a huge fish right out of the city park pond, down the hill from the Full Throttle saloon. The Belle Forouche reservoir is so low, they are extending the boat ramp another 40 feet into the water, it already had 40 whole slabs end to end. Bad for the fish, great for riding. Around 10:30 last night, Edgar Winter took the main stage, and he was pretty good. Thought you couldn't take hearing "Frankenstein" one more time? They did the song justice , and encored with the great "Tobacco Road", inspiring some of the mammaricly endowed ladies to display their love bags. (I should have become a plastic surgeon). Water-spraying trucks are making the rounds to keep the dust down, and if you get behind one of them, figure on mud glopping up the rear fender, and back of your shirt......We may have to go to our agent to float a fresh monetary loan to keep ABM alive...Safeway has Coronas at over $34. a case!...On a ride on 78, out to nowhere, (which is pretty much anywherenorth of Sturgis), pulled the chopper onto a bumpy two lane, and after a couple of miles, rolled into a little town of 100 inhabitants, named "Vale". Almost dark, the only open establishment was an old run down bar with no windows, named, I think, the "Last Chance". I do remember they had $2 bottles. IT USED TO BE A CHURCH. At the edge of it's parking lot, a head start pre-schooler center Inside what looked to be a 1900's schoolhouse. Out here, you make do with what you got.