Aug 7 - Wednesday

got a very late start to the day. Kim was not feeling well at all.. she may have been overserved last night... anyway, abou tmid-afternoon we headed back to the Spur Creek Saloon, about 35 miles north of Sturgis near Newell, SD. Robert and Becky, the owners, had offered to let us go for a horse back ride... here we are getting our horses saddled up and ready.

I'm taking a pic of trever while he's taking a pic of me on the horses out in the middle of nowhere!

we rode out to the farthest cattle shelter we could find... Robert has these spotted all across his property. Gives the animals a place to escape the wind

nothing for miles and miles

I guess we ran the horses pretty hard.... when we returned, Trevers horse had sweat up a nice pile of goo

another pic of the new calf... from the iphone

while we were out horseback riding, one of their longhorn cattle delivered a calf. we drove out to look at it when we returned. still has the umbilical cord attached...!

the circle of life... beautiful

Looking across the parking lot to the South, towards Sturgis.

looking across the parking lot to the West.. wondering if the rain will hit us, or pass us to the south... the land is so flat, these storms are probably 50 miles away

Trever and Carl...

looking to the North... clear skies!!! we just might miss the rain...

our bikes....

looking at the lower bar...

the main bar

looking across the lower patio for the main bar

Robert and Becky had some cute puppies running around... this one wanted to be king of the hill!

looking out from under the lower bar area across their property... starting to look like the rain will hit us...

natural beauty...

here it comes!

where the buffalo roam... this is all Robert's land

the sunshine, the rain... and the outhouse!

looking from the lower bar back up to the main bar. just starting to rain....

Robert built up a large land berm around the lower level bar patio

on the way back to Sturgis... a gorgeous evening...

leaving the bar - one storm has passed, and another is on the way. hopefully we can slip back to town right in the middle of them...

Trever, Robert, Carl, Scott... Robert has his tin cup of Whiskey and Water... never strayed very far from that cup

looking towards the lower bar after the rain