BUT WE’RE NOT GOING TO STURGIS We departed Nebraska City, NE, about 8:15 a.m., stopped for fuel and breakfast, and continued north. For the first hour, we had a heavy atmosphere, and our gas mileage dropped to a low of around 8 mpg. After the sun cleared the heaviness away, we averaged above 10 mpg. We began picking up more Harleys and RVs towing or containing Harleys the further north and west we traveled. The semis and big RVs pushed us around quite a bit on the highway. It seemed the faster we drove, the more we got pushed around. One truck, pulling a 5th wheel toy hauler passed us going so fast (90 to 100 mph) that it pulled our rear window up on the truck topper; not a pleasant experience. Unknown to us, this part of the week we are traveling is immediately prior to the huge Harley motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota. They are expecting almost 300,000 bikers to be in the ‘area’ for this rally.

COMMERCIAL RV PARKS ARE NOT ALWAYS GREAT We stayed at American Lodge RV Park and Campground in Murdo, SD. It was not a particularly good campground, rating about a 5 on a scale of 10. Unknowing to us, they had raised their rates from $21/night to $31/night in honor of all the Harleys traveling through the area; it was not worth $31/night. The campground was right off the interstate and also right by it. The traffic noise was a nuisance, there were no shade trees, aand their pool was closed. Kay threatened to contact Good Sam Club and report them for false advertising and complain about their recommending it. Donald took a Tylenol PM and slept much better.