Packing for Sturgis!

Ya know, we can't get out of this town fast enough! Doesn't matter where you live, when it's time to hit the open road, you don't want to see it anywhere except in your rear view mirrors! Who can blame us for wanting to join 500,000 of our closest friends for a week or two of motorcycle debauchery in the Black Hills? In spite of the recent 105 degree temps, "once a year", Sturgis, SD is the coolest place in America. Again, we're hearing complaining from the ladies about not being able to pack in everything they want for the trip. By now, you'd think the ABM greatest idea of 2002 would be catching on. Use Fed Ex, UPS, DHL, or the USPO to ship all of your tents, clothes, & anything else that could get caught up in your rear sproket, or create a sail big enough to get you blown off the prarie innerstate. Add up all the extra hassle, and be sure to count up the dangers of an overloaded set of wheels, and by comparison, the dinero it'll require to send it ahead will look like the bargain of the century. This Friday is the drop-dead leave date for us. Sturgis will be on the back side of a couple weeks banging around old Mexico, the Texas Big Bend, and the deserts of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. Knowing all too well that there'll be a lot of whining when it's time to return home, we might get back to Florida via Colorado. It's a dirty, filty, rotten job, but y'all, SOMEONE'S got to do it! Check back often for updates, and look for American Biker Minute doing biker interviews on Main or Lazalle. We want bikers with a story to tell! Look for last year's week of Sturgis on our website soon as I can get 'em uploaded!