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my calendar , reserved an Ultra Glide at Black Hills Harley-Davidson in Rapid City , and booked a flight out of New York ’ s LaGuardia Airport .
At the dealership , my big bike was waiting in a garage the size of an airplane hangar . The air crackled with excitement as a thundering parade of Harleys blasted into and out of the lot . Sturgis was set to start in a few days , and Harleys were arriving from all points on the compass . But my first stop was Mt . Rushmore . I could not have been more excited .
I headed out on U . S . Route 16 , which was smoothly paved and un-crowded . The bike rode easily in the hot , dry air , very laid back , the two of us without a care in the world . There were few cars on the road , but a steady stream of Harleys hustled east and west