TRIPLETT 2025 Coastal Ride

Day 31 / Aug 6 / Jackson, MN to Albert Lea, MN / 89.2 miles and 1,550 feet / 73 degrees with a stiff headwind (again!) What a break to have much cooler temps today. People even broke out their light jackets for the morning ride. It was a brutal and slow day of cycling…

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Day 30 / Aug 5 / Sioux Falls, SD to Jackson, MN /93.2 miles and 2,357 feet / 83 degrees with stiff headwind About 16 miles into our ride today, we crossed into Minnesota. Our seventh state of this journey. Other than the switch of states, the day was very similar to our ride on…

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Day 28 / Aug 3 / Mitchell, SD to Sioux Falls, SD / 72.6 miles and 1,438 feet / 97 degrees Day 29 / Aug 4 / Rest day in Sioux Falls The landscape today looked very much like the Midwest. Lots of soybean and corn farms and plenty of humidity. As one of the…

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Day 27 / Aug 2 / Oacoma, SD to Mitchell, SD / 76 miles and 1,100 feet / 97 degrees Today, we started the day by crossing the Missouri River on our way out of Oacoma. The day was another hot one and now that we have left the dry west behind, we have found…

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Day 26 / Aug 1 / Kadoka, SD to Oacoma, SD / 115 miles and 3,344 feet / 96 degrees Not much happened today. We rode the I-90 frontage road for 102 miles and then hopped on I-90 for about 11 miles before ending at the Arrowwood Resort along the Missouri River in Oacoma, SD.…

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Day 25 / July 31 / Wall, SD to Kadoka, SD / 57.0 miles and 2,384 feet / 93 degrees Today was one of the best days yet. We spent most of the morning riding through the Badlands. What an amazing place! We saw a little bit of wildlife, including tagged big horn sheep. The…

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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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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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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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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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