another tractor show

sandhills and mini

turned out there was unfinished business at pva, so i drove the 500+ miles from belle fourche to kearney through the sand hills of nebraska. since i don't think i will be making that trip to many more times, i took highway 2 from thedford to alliance. i love driving the roads....almost empty... and seeing the rolling hills covered with prairie grass and cattle. there are enough ups and downs and curves to make driving interesting. the only bad part of the trip is the lack of radio stations. this is the first car that i have had that has a cd player and i can't get used to it. so....i forget to take along cds!

sturgis at night

my nephew and his family decided i needed to see sturgis during the bike ralley. since he works during the day, my sister and i went with them one night. it was toward the end and probably 80% were gone, but there were still enough bikes to fill up the main drag and more. some of the bikes had added lights like the one to the the left center of the picture. i think those are cool, but they must look strange when you see them ahead of you at night on the highway. of course, there were a few barely dressed females. one woman who should not have been doing it, was dressed in a string bikini and leather chaps riding a harley. not a pretty sight. and i think i saw the shortest pair of shorts ever on a candy dressing for a business that modified bikes. once was enough i think.