More than half these drivers in the above annual “summit” are 60-75 years old and drive in from all over the nation. It’s pretty difficult to obtain the experience to navigate these high, narrow, rocky trails competently when you’re a 20/30-something worker bee stuck in the city 50 weeks per year.
Don’t kid yourselves, Piggs. Most of the “Sturgis crowd” is now in the 55-70 yo bracket, including the ladies, lol …. I see couples ride their Honda Interstates together or in pairs all the way up there in my travels. Yeah … up to 2000 miles one way ….. they’re part of the “motor lodge” crowd.
That reminds me … it’s about time to book my Flagstaff motor lodge nights for up/back to/from my flyover destinations (not the above this year). It gets filled up fast in the summer and you don’t want to pass through that town on any summer evening without a verified and locked-down motel reservation … trust me on that.
