Thunder Roads Magazine of Oklahoma/Arkansas September 2015 | Page 36

FEATURES STURGIS 2015... THE 75TH ANNUAL STORY AND PHOTOS BY “T” COLLIER As I traveled over 900 miles to Sturgis 75th Anniversary Rally from Oklahoma, I began to think how I loved riding with no mapped route except north and west to Sturgis. I found myself thinking how many others have made a similar trek for the past 75 years. The numbers were mind boggling as I thought 1.5 million predicted in 2015, half that, quarter this, three times that, goes into this, STOP!!! Just ride! Stop thinking about numbers, bills, deadlines and just ride north or west! Enjoy the view. Smell the smells. Feel the cool glimpse of relief of the seldom overhanging roadside treelines. Relax my furrowed 36 Thunder Roads Magazine of OK/AR brow as I turn north again away from the setting sun on the h ܚ^