August 13th
07:30-17:05
Rapid City SD to Bald Mountain Wyoming
346 Miles

	I packed up my gear and turned in the key. I asked about a breakfast place and was pointed to a Perkins Restaurant just down the road. I stopped in there and grabbed breakfast. Kind of a Denny's sort of place.
	Once done, I hit Rt 44 out of town and headed for Johnson Siding. The riding was pretty interesting if hot. I bypassed Silver City and headed north on 385 to Deadwood. The directions to Rt 14A were interesting and I headed up to Lead instead of Sturgis. I turned around and headed back east and to Rt 90.
	I wandered down the main Sturgis road and didn't see anything particularly interesting so I turned around and headed out of town and towards Wyoming. I had seen on the map that I was heading towards Devil's Tower and decided to make the right on 111 in Wyoming and head over to the tower.
	On the way over I got behind a group of 6 bikers. Out of respect I kept back but as we slowly rolled down towards the monument I got a bit annoyed and when I got a good spot to pass I bailed. With that I realized that a group of more than 3 bikers is much like an motor home. Large and slow and difficult to pass. Unfortunately it's hard to pass a group since I don't want to get myself stuck in the group and interfere with their riding style. Plus they don't know how I ride.
	So a ways down the road when I first saw Devil's Tower I was surprised at its size. It's much taller than I thought and really sticks out from a distance. I was thinking more of a fang than a tower.
	The bikers had just gone by when I got my picture and put the camera away so I followed them some more and was able to pass them again.
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