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Wall Drug anyone?
Day 24 / July 30 / Rapid City, SD to Wall, SD / 55.9 miles and 1,976 feet / 98 degrees There was a lot of open road in today’s route. And plenty of “rolling” hills. Wall Drug is an interesting place. They have lots of different tchotchkes and western clothes, hats and boots, as
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Mickelson Trail and Mount Rushmore
Day 23 / July 29 / Deadwood, SD to Rapid City, SD / 86.0 miles and 5,738 feet / 100+ degrees It’s a bit delayed for a few reasons, but here is our post for Monday, July 29. We’ve had a few days of spotty internet. We started the day on the Mickelson Trail, which
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Deadwood, SD
Day 22/ July 28 / Rest Day In case you have never been to Historic Deadwood, SD, I can save you a trip. It’s an interesting place with gambling and the wild west theme with Buffalo Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane. It also has plenty of tourist shops. These pictures are from Sunday morning before
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Spearfish Canyon
Day 21 / July 27 / Sundance, WY to Deadwood, SD / 64.5 miles and 3,550 feet / 82 degrees We rode out of Wyoming today. They say Wyoming is windy and it didn’t disappoint. Today we were grateful for a big tail wind and a downhill start. It was like the first 20 miles
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Devil’s Tower
Day 20 / July 26 / Gillette, WY to Sundance, WY / 88.0 miles and 4,859 feet / 82 degrees and gusty wind Today we visited the 1st National Monument, Devil’s Tower. The weather today was so much more conducive to riding – except for the gusting headwind, which can be seen in the flag
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A very long and hot day!
Day 19 / July 25 / Sheridan, WY to Gillette, WY / 110 miles and 4568 feet / 110 degrees / head wind As hard as yesterday’s ride was, today’s was even more difficult. It was 80 degrees at 7:30 when we set out and by 11 am it was over 100 degrees. The support
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What a climb!
Day 18 / July 24 / Lovell, WY to Sheridan, WY / 99.3 miles, 7761 feet of climb / 102 degrees Today was the stretch with the most climbing of the entire trip. For those of you that do better with visuals, here is a screen shot of the route from Ride with GPS. The
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Hello Wyoming
Day 17 / July 23 / Columbus, MT to Lovell, WY / 89.9 miles and 2676 feet / 100 degrees That’s about the best thing to say about today’s ride, which was long and uphill into a stiff head wind until lunch. And the road did not provide much in the way of scenery. 50
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I-90 and the Yellowstone River
Day 16 / July 22 / Livingston to Columbus, MT / 80.9 miles and 1464 feet / 95 degrees Yes, today included three stretches of I-90 and in Montana, the speed limit is 80. : – 0 Fortunately, two of the stretches on I-90 were only a few miles. The third stretch was 8.5 miles,
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Yellowstone River rest day
Day 15 / July 21 / Rest Day Livingston, MT We spent the day in Livingston, MT along the Yellowstone River. We made sure to celebrate National Ice Cream Day! Our ice cream came from Wilcoxson’s, which is famous here in Montana. It was served at an In and Out – Mark’s In and Out
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