Monday, July 10, 2006
Day 20
Newcastle to Rapid City, SD - 82 miles
Another state gone and we are now in South Dakota. We spent about two thirds of the day in the Black Hills. This rates right up there as one of the best days. A group of us spent some time in the town of Custer looking at the sights and drinking coffee. We rode by the turn to Mount Rushmore where we will go tomorrow via bus. The road to Mount Rushmore is very dangerous to ride and it would have added 60 miles to the day.
We had two cattleguard crossings today. Not a big thing to us in Colorado but a lot of our riders had never seen one. Most walked over them which is harder than riding...
As we rode close to Rapid City the terrain became open grass land. I believe that is what we have to look forward to for the next couple of ride days.
Tonight we are staying at the South Dakota School of Mines and we have a rest day tomorrow. With all of the construction we passed through it will take me two hours to clean up the bike tomorrow.
