Event Schedule – Suzuki Cavalcade

CADE RAID 2021
EVENT SCHEDULE

This Schedule is Subject to Change Depending
on Availabilities ~ Watch for Updates

Sunday, 9/12/21

Ride to Sturgis, South Dakota with Check-in After 3:00 p.m. Be sure to reserve your guest room at our host hotel, Baymont Inn & Suites in Sturgis, SD ~ Telephone: 833-391-1486. Identify that you are attending the Cade Raid 2021 with the Suzuki Cavalcade Owners Group to receive our special rate of $119 per night. We also have a group rate of $45 per night at the Iron Horse Inn in Whitewood, SD just seven miles away ~ Telephone: 605-722-7574

Monday, 9/13/21

9:00 a.m 3:00 p.m. Registration Open in the Convention Center
9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Morning Announcements in the Convention Center
10:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Cavalcade Store Open and Parking Lot Mechanical Class

CAVALCADE SCHOOL AND STORE

We have allocated time for outdoor classes demonstrating repair and maintenance of our Cavalcades. Ed Siler will be conducting these sessions and there is no additional charge to attend. Times may vary depending on interest. The Cavalcade Store will be available all week for those who want to buy or sell Cavalcade items.
12:00 noon 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break (On Your Own)
1:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Afternoon Ride ~ The first days ride will be an easy one to Deadwood, SD and Spearfish Canyon (RIDEMAPS ARE IN YOUR PACKET)
5:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Dinner (On Your Own)
7:30 p.m. 10:00 p.m. Welcome to Cade Raid 2021 Gathering

MONDAY EVENING WELCOME TO CADE RAID

It is a get acquainted opportunity for everyone. Join us for coffee and snacks. If you have a tee or sweatshirt with your state’s name on it, put it on. Get to know everyone at Cade Raid 2021 and discuss your favorite rides, bikes and grandchildren.

Tuesday, 9/14/21

9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Registration and Cavalcade Store Open in Convention Center 10:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Ride to the Chief Crazy Horse Monument (RIDEMAPS ARE IN YOUR PACKET)

CHIEF CRAZY HORSE MONUMENT

The Crazy Horse Memorial is a mountain monument under construction on privately held land in the Black Hills, in Custer County, South Dakota, United States. It will depict the Oglala Lakota warrior, Crazy Horse, riding a horse and pointing into the distance. The memorial was commissioned by Henry Standing Bear, a Lakota elder and designed by Korczak Ziolkowski. It is operated by the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation, a nonprofit organization

Wednesday, 9/15/21

9:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. Morning Announcements in the Convention Center 9:30 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Ride to and Around Mount Rushmore (RIDEMAPS ARE IN YOUR PACKET)

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is centered on a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills in Keystone, South Dakota. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum created the sculpture's design and oversaw the project's execution from 1927 to 1941 with the help of his son Lincoln Borglum. The sculpture features the 60-foot heads of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, as created by Borglum. The four presidents were chosen to represent the nation's birth, growth, development and preservation, respectively. 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. Lunch at Carvers Cafe at Mount Rushmore (on your own). This is a sprawling counter-serve setup offering pizzas, burgers and American main dishes, with views of the Mount Rushmore statues. Everyone raves about the Thomas Jefferson vanilla ice cream. 4:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Ride to Fort Hays Old West Town and the Movie Set for the 1990 Kevin Costner classic Dances with Wolves, winner of seven Oscars including Best Picture.

Fort Hays Chuckwagon Supper & Music Variety Show

5:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Visit Fort Hays Movie Set and Museum
6:30 p.m. 8:15 p.m. Chuckwagon Supper followed by a great Music Variety Show
8:15 p.m. 9:00 p.m. Ride I-90 back to Baymont Inn & Suites

Thursday, 9/16/21

10:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Ride to Devils Tower (RIDEMAPS ARE IN YOUR PACKET)

CAVALCADE PICTURE DAY

Put on your Cade Raid 2021 tee shirt and have your Cavalcade nice and clean. This is when we all pose for pictures. Dozens of Cade owners will be shooting you and your motorcycle for all posterity. We will have the traditional group shot with all the bikes lined up together. Then we take turns getting our pictures taken individually with our own Cades. Comb your hair, brush your teeth, smile and face the cameras. You and your Cade are recorded. You look terrific!

DEVILS TOWER MONUMENT

Devils Tower is a butte, possibly laccolithic, composed of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge Ranger District of the Black Hills, near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. It rises 1,267 feet above the Belle Fourche River, standing 867 feet from summit to base. The summit is 5,112 feet above sea level. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Dinner (On Your Own)

Friday, 9/17/21

9:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. Morning Announcements
9:00 a.m. 12:00 noon Cavalcade Store Open ~ Pick Up Those Last-Minute Items
9:30 a.m. 12:00 noon Cade Workshop ~ Ed Siler
1:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Open Time ~ Shop, Chat, Do Laundry, Pack for that Ride Home
1:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Afternoon Ride (RIDEMAPS ARE IN YOUR PACKET)
6:30 p.m. 10:00 p.m. Cade Raid 2021 Farewell Dinner at the Convention Center

CADE RAID 2021 FAREWELL DINNER

Our Friday Night Farewell Dinner is a buffet at the Convention Center featuring choices to be announced. Following dinner, we will have our own entertainment program featuring the questionable talents of some of our better-known members.

Saturday, 9/18/21

Have a great ride home. Be safe, dont ride too fast. Remember to stay well hydrated. Enjoy the trip and we will see you at our national raid next year when all of us gather again for Cade Raid 2022.

Cade Raid 2021 Planner ~ Jay D. Johnson: audiotapes@yahoo.com