Driving from Medora to Hill City

Thursday, August 5^th

We had our RV parked in the Joey O parking lot, so after the show was over, we were immediately on our way to Hill City, South Dakota. We spent the first part of the trip on The Enchanted Highway. The road is so named because of the large sculptors along it. Starting in 1989, a local school principal, Gary Greff, who had grown up in Regent, SD, started creating the sculptures to draw people to Regent since he was afraid his home town was going to die. His hope was that people would drive the 32 miles from Dickinson to Regent to see the sculptures and then would spend some money in Regent. We obliged! To date, he has created seen sculptures and is working on an eight (a spider web). The sculptures are the largest metal sculptures in the world—and as you can see in those that include our RV, they are quite large. The seven sculptures that are completed include the following:

• Geese in Flight

• Deer Crossing

• Grasshoppers Delight

• Fisherman’s Dream

• Pheasants on the Prairie

• Theodore Rides Again

• Tin Family

The household two-dimensional sculpture that follows the Tin Family is next door to the Enchanted Highway Gift Shop in Regent. The pine tree Roger is standing by is made of metal—it is also a sculpture. After we left Regent, we drove past some huge sunflower fields.

The next photo-worthy point along our way was the streets of Sturgis, SD during the week prior to bike week. We were amazed at all the bikes that were already there and at all the make-shift shops lining the closed-off streets. The last two photos show the bikes lining the streets of Hill City, which is about 60 miles south of Sturgis. It has truly become an all-area event!