Sturgis is just fine.
Posted on 08/06/2021 7:36:25 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
STURGIS, S.D. — The Black Hills of South Dakota roared with motorcycles and crowds Friday as the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally kicked off, with mostly mask-less rallygoers packed shoulder-to-shoulder at bars and rock shows, despite a rise in COVID-19 cases in the state.
Organizers expect at least 700,000 people during the 10-day event that is a rendezvous for bikers, who connect over their love for motorcycles. For some, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime goal to make it to Sturgis; others faithfully make the pilgrimage year after year.
“It’s just a great big family atmosphere, everybody’s out here for the same purpose — we all love motorcycles,” said Aaron Harper. “If you’re a motorcyclist, you have to see it at least once in your life.”
Public health experts — and some locals — worry the rally will again play host to coronavirus infections, after hundreds of rallygoers were infected last year. Only about 46% of adults who live in the county that hosts Sturgis are fully vaccinated, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, compared with 60.6% nationwide. Virus infections are on the rise in South Dakota after a steady decline through the spring and early summer. The Department of Health reported a 68% jump in virus infections last week, with the highly contagious delta variant spurring a larger share of those infections.
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Good. Hope everyone has a great time at Sturgis. Let freedom ring!
Sturgis is just fine.
Woodstock on Wheels.
Somewhere I read in the Black Hills of Dakota lived a young boy named Rocky Racoon.
He went into his room, I heard.
Didn’t he find Gideon’s Bible...just before Daniel shot him?
I thought she came in through the bathroom window?
how many of those idiots acted like masks can stop a virus.
= = =
How about if I hang a mask from my belt, with a bunch of black mark stripes on it.
Whats that??
Oh, that’s all the covids I have killed.
I’m like Billy the Kid with notches in my gun.
The covids leave me alone.
Martha’s Vineyard Obama superspreader good, sturgis superspreader bad
Ok...
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Western SD has some great places to ride. Sturgis is worth the trip to see The Badlands, Iron Mountain Road, Devils Tower, Deadwood, Crazy Horse Mountain, Mount Rushmore and yes,the Murdo Auto Museum, the Corn Palace and even Wall Drug. Then you can have a few beers and look at bikes and boobs.
I prefer it to Daytona by a wide margin. There is little more than bikes, booze and boobs in Daytona. The roads are flat, straight, and crowded.
Even Laconia is preferable to Daytona bike week.
It is amazing that over 600,000 people were at the annual Experimental Aircraft Association convention in Oshkosh, WI last week... the event was officially for 1 week... but folks were there early... no super spread event... I was there for 5 days with my family and friends... less than 1% were masked... no idea on how many had been vaccinated!
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