Unwinding From the Chaos

Well Thursday has past, and with it, what should have been Thursdays Child. In South Dakota, the first week of August brings 100,000 or more motorcycles to the town of Sturgis. Sturgis, and Rapid City are at the foothills of the Black Hills. There are other bike weeks across the country but, Sturgis is the original. Next year will be the 70th anniversary. It seems like the past few years attendance has dropped off, although I haven't heard any official numbers yet. The Black Hills area, and even towns near by are affected by the major increase to their populations, most places naturally have special events for the week. A few places have concerts, the most popular being The Buffalo Chip Campground. The headline news this year was when Steven Tyler of Aerosmith fell off the stage and was taken to one of the hospitals. I work the overnight shift which usually allows me enough time to get Thursdays Child written, but this week, with the hours the bikers keep, that just wasn't possible. Having the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is like having family visit, you're happy to have them come but you're happy to have your routine back when it's time for them to go home. Hopefully we will be back to normal next week and Thursdays Child will be also. 'Til then, keep searching, Paul