Last night the girls stayed in Keystone South Dakota at the bottom of Mt. Rushmore. It was a lovely hotel and the chicks had fun in the little tourist town. The best part was dining at the western style restaurant. There was a lot of red and black velvet, guns, and dead animals on the walls. The bar waitresses were dressed in a lot of fake leather, red boostie and black velvet. Yea that was something to see. Thankfully, the girls dinner waitress was dressed a bit more demurely and she was quite charming. She asked about our the ride and as Bif ad Sheri described it she said "now that is GIRL POWER." Yup...that is what this adventure is all about GIRL POWER. At almost every stop we meet other bikers from all over the country, sometimes it is mixed gender groups but we are the only solely women group!!! That is wild!!! GIRL POWER ROCKS!!!This morning the chicks arose and packed up and were off. Now, Bif has shared how wonderful many of the morning rides have been....but there couldn't have been a better one than this morning! The girls left the hotel and rode just a few miles up a beautiful curvy road up the mountain. They pulled over to help Thrivette get a great look at Mt. Rushmore and couldn't have been a more picturesque view.
Then it was time to get going again. At that very point Biffy once again learned the value of clutches and the friction zone.....as she started up SB (Sparkly Bike) wooooeeeeeeeee suddenly an 800 pound bike starting rolling back down the mountain....with Biffy on it!! That was not suppose to happen.....Biffy was screaming Sheri was directing her to grab her clutch.....just as Bif was realizing that clutches come in mighty handing when starting a bike on a hill.....or a mountain...
The ride through the Rushmore area was fantastic!!! Thrivette was a bit overwhelmed by seeing really, really big wildlife. They saw lean jumping deer jumping, big white mountain goats, flocks of wild turkeys (Thrivette was particularly intrigued with fellow poultry), antelope, and HUGE BISON. All of the wildlife was much more interested in eating than playing tag with the motorcycles. They girls were all very thankful for the animals morning choices.
Usually, riding these wonderful street glides is like "butter" - just sit back, put the music on, put the cruise on, put your feet up on the hi way pegs...and go......kind of like riding a Lazy Boy. As they continued on the ride the going got tough again as the wind picked up. Riding a bike in 30-40 mile an hour wind takes a lot of effort. Thrivettes feathers were really ruffled by now and the girls arms and chests were hurting from having to control those bikes. And the bikes were definitely being pushed to their limits too.
At one pit stop they ran into a group of other rides and all chatted about the wind and the cold weather. One particularly tough looking rider guy was wearing jeans and those oooo so lovely chaps...yea..everyone looks sooo hot in those...hmmm...not......Well, this guy was talking about how cold he was and our favorite Bif responded by saying heated gear works well. Well chap boy gave Bif an evil eye and and barked out the comment "whimp." In kind, Bif returned the evil eye and said "Yes, a toasty warm whimp." 
Finally, the girls were leaving the state of South Dakota...finally. The sky was as blue as blue could be and although it was chilly the sun felt great. Wyoming is a beautiful state and glorious scenery. It was a great ride today!!! And now we are less than 900miles from home....WOW...
Before, we end this blog tonight we need to recall a few "Kolb Tales." First the girls want to sincerely thank Brenda for helping plot the Aberdeen Surprise Caper, and the whole Surfeous family for the hospitality -especially that Dawn.
Now, as the girls were packing up to leave an interesting incident occurred. Both Dawn and Brenda were seen madly clucking and waving their arms at the back of Biffys bike.......That was a sight to see. Apparently, they were upset not to have one last opportunity to squeeze the chicken since Thrivette had already taken up her seat in the weather proof saddle bag. Dawn was even caught was tears in her eyes...and we know those tears were for the precious Thrivette.
And one last note - to McKenzie and Hunter. the girls heard you were a bit upset that they had to leave so soon. But they want you to know how much fun it was to see both of you - you guys are the coolest!!
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