Phil, I'd consider the weather good the whole time I was there. I got in about 2:00pm Wed. The day was partly sunny and the temperature was in the low 80 degree F range. Thursday was perhaps the best of the lot with mostly sunny and the temps below 90. Pleasant enough while moving. Friday was partly cloudy and comfortable most of the day, with a touch of light rain late afternoon. Another good day for some rides although I hung around camp that day. Friday night around midnight we got rain, which meant wet tent pack up if you were leaving Saturday - which most did, some as early as before 5 AM. It was also quite cool. Even at my leisurely departure (10 AM) I had my electric jacket liner running. Temps were about 50. My route up and back was pretty direct, north on I 25 to exit 92 into Guernsey, north on WY 270 to US 18, east to Lusk (I needed gas), then north on US 85 through Newcastle and on to Cheyenne Crossing and Spearfish Canyon to Spearfish, returning via the same route.
People there from the NT forum side were Jim Moore (with the only NT I saw), Coyote Chris, Frosty, Chuck Henderson, and I need to include Mellow since he runs both of the sites. On the ST forum side there were more folks, some I knew - many I met but I cannot recall names at this point.