Sturgis 2002 has many stories to tell so this is another favorite one. One of my main goals for this Sturgis trip was to go experience the Hill Climb that goes on each year in Sturgis. I have always wanted to see one personally since living in Salt Lake City, Utah I never experience the Widow Maker Hill Climbs. So on one particular day at Sturgis 2002, can't say what day it was they all blend together, I woke up telling my husband today is the day I get to experience the Hill Climbs. He agreed and once the other members of Sweater Vest Hill woke up I told them the plans I made. They all agreed this would be fun but before the hill climb we all needed breakfast to cure our hangovers from the night before. So we hopped on our bikes and headed over to the Full Throttle Saloon for the breakfast buffet.
Once inside the Full Throttle we seated ourselves at the main entrance and chowed down on our feast. While eating I decided to get a bloody Mary to help the hangover and my how fast the first one went down so I proceed to go to the bar again for a second. This time everyone else decided to have a drink to keep me company. After a half an hour had past and 5 bloody Mary’s had found their way to my hand and everyone else had surpassed their first drink we thought it might be nice to walk around the bar before heading over to the hill climb that started in 20 minutes. We came upon the School Bus Bar located at the back of Full Throttle. At the School Bus Bar you can write your name on it so we all thought it would be a good idea to dispaly our Sweater Vest Hill colors. We all took our turn signing the bus and stepping back to gleam at our masterpiece. Time had pasted and laughter was flowing, we were all having a good time when all of a sudden the heavens opened and unleashed the rath of con - it started down pouring. So we decided to wait the ran out and have one more drink. We sat down and proceeded to sip our drinks while looking out over the landscape of the bar and past to where we could see t
he Hill Climb 1800 feet away over by Glen Cove Campground. Dang, I thought, this is a great spot to watch the Hill Climb. Everyone agreed so we decided to spend the afternoon here. Captain Tuna stood up and offered to by another round so off to the bar he went. While at the bar the helper was bringing out trash bags to change the trash and something clicked in Captain Tunas’ mind. He challenged the helper to slip a bag on and slide down the
he Hill Climb 1800 feet away over by Glen Cove Campground. Dang, I thought, this is a great spot to watch the Hill Climb. Everyone agreed so we decided to spend the afternoon here. Captain Tuna stood up and offered to by another round so off to the bar he went. While at the bar the helper was bringing out trash bags to change the trash and something clicked in Captain Tunas’ mind. He challenged the helper to slip a bag on and slide down themud that ran down the center of Full Throttle. We were all laughing and egging him on.
If you are not familiar with The Full Throttle Saloon, inside it opens up to a big circle where covered boardwalks line the outside with bars and shops and the middle is a wide open space with a slight incline for at least 300 bikes to drive in and park and for all the people to watch the nightly concerts. So after 20 minutes of down pouring rain it was very, very, very muddy. So with the smarts of the Bar Helper, he passed down the opportunity and Captain Tuna decided he would do it. Captain Tuna bought 5 trash bags and turned to all of us and asked “Who wants to go Slippery Sliding?”
If you are not familiar with The Full Throttle Saloon, inside it opens up to a big circle where covered boardwalks line the outside with bars and shops and the middle is a wide open space with a slight incline for at least 300 bikes to drive in and park and for all the people to watch the nightly concerts. So after 20 minutes of down pouring rain it was very, very, very muddy. So with the smarts of the Bar Helper, he passed down the opportunity and Captain Tuna decided he would do it. Captain Tuna bought 5 trash bags and turned to all of us and asked “Who wants to go Slippery Sliding?” Alpha Dog jumped at the opportunity and they both slipped over their head one of the trash bags. Captain Tuna and Alpha Dog looked at each other, gave a nod and ran down the stairs into the mud and landed on their bellies racing down the very, very, very muddy hill. Captain Tuna was doing circles on his belly while Alpha Dog was going back and forth from this belly to his back. My god they were wet and muddy. We were laughing so hard and people all around the edge of the 
boardwalk bars were looking, pointing, taking pictures and cheering Captain Tuna and Alpha Dog on. After these two grown men went slippery sliding down the muddy hill at least 20 times people were coming up and buying them drinks after drinks. They had become celebrities for the day!
To this day I still can’t remember how long we stayed at the Full Throttle that day or what we did afterwards. I have yet to make it to a hill climb, but every time I say I want to go to one the memories of this experience makes my cry from laughter!
boardwalk bars were looking, pointing, taking pictures and cheering Captain Tuna and Alpha Dog on. After these two grown men went slippery sliding down the muddy hill at least 20 times people were coming up and buying them drinks after drinks. They had become celebrities for the day!To this day I still can’t remember how long we stayed at the Full Throttle that day or what we did afterwards. I have yet to make it to a hill climb, but every time I say I want to go to one the memories of this experience makes my cry from laughter!
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