The Riders are Home.

The Riders made it home to Connecticut. We had many adventures, met many new friends and saw the country from one end to another and it is a big and great country.



The last blog was written in Louisville with a great bourbon and if I can remember its name I will enjoy it again.



After the Riders left Durango and the jammers we headed for Rapid City, South Dakota and the Black Hills, but before that we had to do some serious traveling. We headed up through he San Juan Mountains and made it up to over 13,000 feet, for a sense of proportion, Avon mountain is almost 650 feet above sea level. The views were spectacular. We went up down , around and through mountains.



On the way we stopped in Boulder and took a look at Pikes Peak and the Garden of the Gods, a unique experience looking a a great mountain behind spires of golden rocks. The Riders celebrated with a sandwich and some ice tea and then back on the road.



When we entered Wyoming all we could think about was little house on the prairie. Miles and miles of grass lands with a sprinkling of towns where the amount of elevation is more than the populations. The moon off the prairies is a sight never to forget and the Riders became very romantic.



The next stop was the State Game Lodge in the Custer National Park, we tried to stay in the Calvin Coolidge room but we could not talk to front desk into giving us a break. We woke up to a beautiful day and antelope, off we went to Mount Rushmore.



Gazing at Mount Rushmore is truly a unique moment, it brings together not only the art of man but also the greatest of America and the grandness of nature.



For some reason the smaller of the riders wanted to visit caves, not a problem whne you are 5'4 but can cause bumps and brusies when you are 6' with broad shoulders. The cave we chose to visit was Rushmore Cave. The cave had a intresting history, it seems that many of the locals visited the cave to party. I could just picture a bunch of cowboys wiggling into a cave with laterns so they could drink whiskey and party, it is not a pretty sight.