On a brisk Sunday evening, we gather at USFS Roubaix Lake Campground for the 2023 Black Hills Bounty. Friends from Nebraska, Kansas, and South Dakota sprinkle in, as the moon rises and stars fill the sky. We joyfully re-connect over a roaring campfire, sharing stories and making s'mores.
In the morning, we start a 6 day rough road bikepacking tour of the Northern Black Hills of South Dakota and the Bear Lodge Mountains of Wyoming, with a jaunt into the prairie to Devil's Tower National Monument. It's a typical Black Hills Bounty mix of Forest Service back roads, abandoned two-tracks, some single track, a stretch of Mickelson Trail, and even a bit of pavement. A self-supported, self-navigated adventure/vacation, with a nod toward vacation.
Our story of the 2023 Black Hills Bounty will be told primarily in images captured by our assembly of experienced endurance cyclists. Paul Brasby, Ben Cooper and Jeff Caldwell of North Platte, NE. Jeff Bloom of Lincoln, NE. Jon Naaf of Manhattan, KS. Peggy Waite-Bradley of Kansas City, MO. Kevin Fox of Rapid City, SD (a relatively recent migrant from NE). And me, Craig Groseth of Rapid City, SD.
Here are a few images from Roubaix Lake USFS Campground as we gather and prepare our bikes.
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| USFS Roubaix Lake Campground. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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| USFS Roubaix Lake Campground. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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| USFS Roubaix Lake Campground. (image by Paul Brasby) |
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| Paul Brasby and his Salsa CutThroat. (image by Kevin Fox) |
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| Ben Cooper and his Salsa CutThroat. (image by Kevin Fox) |
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| Jeff Caldwell and his Salsa CutThroat. (image by Kevin Fox) |
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| Jon Naaf and his Salsa Deadwood. (image by Kevin Fox) |
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| Jeff Bloom's Salsa CutThroat. (image by Kevin Fox) |
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Peggy Waite-Bradley and her Salsa CutThroat, as she joins us for Day 4.
(image by Kevin Fox) |
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| Kevin Fox's Trek. (image by Kevin Fox) |
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| Craig Groseth and his Jones 29+. (image by Kevin Fox) |
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| Preparing for takeoff. (image by Kevin Fox) |
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