HULETT — Sarita Shockey and her dog Bixby had found a shady spot to sit in this northeastern Wyoming tiny town while waiting for a tradition she and her husband Jeff have enjoyed together for the past 23 years.

The tradition is a free plate of barbecue pork, a spoonful of baked beans and some scattered tortilla chips.

The meal is flavored with the sound of rolling thunder in the street as motorcycle riders from all over roll into town for the famous street party that goes back to the 1970s.

Faint sounds of music can be heard far off in the distance now and then as the couple enjoyed their sandwiches and watched people walking by in their fashionable Sturgis Motorcycle Rally gear.

The uniform of the day for most was a freshly-bought Sturgis Rally T-shirt of one kind or another — though

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