Take Me Back Tuesday ~Sturgis Ramblings

I wasn’t sure I was posting about Sturgis this year, but it always just fits into Take Me Back Tuesdays so well!! So here you are going to get a few general ramblings about past Sturgis trips.

 

This first photo is from the last time I went to Sturgis, that would have been in August of 2002.  That is actually me in the middle, with our friend J, and Hubby there on the left.  The big truck set up with the trailer in back is affectionally know as the Chase Truck.  When you have 15 or so people, their assorted camping gear, food to feed them for the week, and well….the beer you need something large to haul it all.  This rig is a F250 Ford Diesel pick-up with a 4 horse trailer attached.  Oh, I almost forgot to mention that I was usually the one driving this set up!

 

The year 2002 was my last year because I got a new job in 2003, and in my office of five people, 2 of them were my Sturgis buddies, thus making it pretty hard for me to get the week off.  By 2004 I had a tiny baby (Yea!) and we have never found a good overnight babysitter to free me up for an extended vacation away from the kiddos. 

This picture above, while it looks a lot like Sturgis is actually Sundance Wyoming.  Basically in the entire region of Southern South Dakota and northern Wyoming the towns end up just packed with bikes and all end up looking like this. 

 

This picture is of Hubby and our friend D.  This one takes me back to 1994, my very first year of Sturgis.

While I do miss going to Sturgis with my friends I don’t look back with regrets that I can’t go.  I couldn’t imagine my life without my kiddo’s, and the friends that go, well they are mostly here in our small city anyway! 

 

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Take Me Back Tuesday ~Sturgis Week 3

I believe I mentioned last week that for us Sturgis means a huge camping trip with friends. So here we have some of my favorite pictures from around camp. I am guessing these pictures are from around 1999. (Don't forget to write dates on you photos!)

This first picture is Hubby, one of my favorite pictures of him. He is a little camera shy to say the least, so it's always nice to get a good shot of him.

Some of the boys at camp.

Drinking a few Cajun Poppers with friends. (Absolut Peppar vodka, Clamato juice and a Pepperoncini)

What happens when you outlast the rain!

This is the week I usually miss going to Sturgis the most! But, Once Upon A Time, a had an opportunity to take a job. A good job, but two of the people I would be working with also went to Sturgis! Since there were going to be only 4 of us in the office, that pretty much put me out of the running to have any time off during Sturgis week at all. I had to make the right choice, the job! Then...along came a beautiful little baby girl, then a beautiful little baby boy!! Pretty much shutting down my options to return to Sturgis anytime in the near future. You see, the only people that I would be comfortable leaving my children with for an overnight all go to Sturgis! So yes, sometimes I miss it, but I look now at my kids and know that I would miss them more!!

Please keep precious baby Stellan in your thoughts and prayers! If you are not familiar with his story please visit my charming kids. You may also keep updated on twitter at #Stellan or at ##prayforstellan

Want to take a walk down memory lane too? Just pop over and visit Kari at A Giveaway Addicted Mommy for Take Me Back Tuesday!

Take Me Back Tuesday ~More of Sturgis

WARNING here! If you scroll down, there is an almost nude lady in the photo below, just to warn ya!

More about Sturgis?? The picture above is actually the year before I got to go for the first time. I really like it because of the picture of “camp”. Camping is a big part of our Sturgis experience and some years really roughing it has included an outhouse and solar bag showers. My Sturgis years ran from 1994-2002. When I think of the trip we call “Sturgis” and what it means to me, I come up with the chance to spend a full week with up to 15 of the best friends a person could ever have. I think one of the reasons behind why our group goes (besides the bikes) is because it was a fun event that happened once a year so everyone knew in advance which week we would be spending together.

This picture is of a small town in Wyoming called Sundance that we faithfully visit every year. The top picture is of me and 3 of “the boys” just clowning around. I rarely get into the Sturgis pictures because I am always the one behind the camera. The second picture is still Sundance, not Sturgis! In the whole area of southern South Dakota and northern Wyoming bikes pretty much take up parking everywhere! Most of the towns designate “bike only” parking and then let the bikers park on the edges of the street and then have a row in the middle of the street.

I posted this last picture because when you say Sturgis, this is typically what everyone thinks of, women wandering around with no clothes on! Please note: This Is Not Me!! This is just some woman in Sundance in her bikini bottom with stickers over her nipples. Typically you don’t see too much full nudity in Sturgis or any of the other towns because they have set laws in to place that make this illegal. But yea, the stickers make it legal.

This is getting long so I will wrap it up with the preview of next week, what is it like to cook for 15 people, while camping. And oh yea, I still haven’t told you why my tour ended in 2002.

Want to Want to take a walk down memory lane too? Just pop over and visit Kari at A Giveaway Addicted Mommy for Take Me Back Tuesday!