The Eagle Has Landed..!

Surgis Headline-The rally has legs?

ABM's Top Five Reasons why this year may be bigger than #68:

1). Vendors are optimistic. Never seen this many so early. There are a hundred thousand tees 4sale already. West on I-90 so many bikes on the road, it looked like the rally had just ended.

2). Rentals are up: 10-20% over last year, depending on who you talk to.

3). Gasoline, average 2.40/regular gallon, cheap compared to last year's 4 bucks. Ouch.

4). America's Economy, at least for now, seems to have bottomed out.

5). The weather is great! (except for Custer, where it's cold-cold-cold) 91 in Rapid yesterday, the rest of this week, party sunny & a bit on the cool side, 70's 80's daytime, 50'a 60's night. Perfect. The exception is out in the hills toward Custer, where they'll see some nightime forties, & daytime highs barely reaching 60..for a 24-48 hrs period.

And there you have it, race fans, the top five reasons why ABM thinks the 69th Sturgis MC rally will be a little larger than last year, at least in the number of the motorcycle-faithful arriving for a week or two of so much fun, their mamma would slap 'em upside the head..!

There is nowhere we would rather be during the first two weeks of August than in the Black Hills of South Dakota, and finally, finally, we're here..Last nite, got me some ground pork at the Dakota Market, threw it together with a nice chopped fresh green pepper, an' onion, some homemade bread crumbs, one egg, & spash of Corona, pan-fried the patties up til they were nice an'crispy on both sides.. bro, that is a good burger.