Day 7
Exciting day ahead - Badlands National Park and Mt. Rushmore :) Not too many miles today - want to take photos and absorb the scenary today :) Sun is strong and that is the forecast for at least a day...
Video
Kind of out of sync with the other updates but here’s a little bit of video I took during these first 4 days :) Legacy links from the original WordPress post ...
Hit the road jack
So off to the 5th day of the trip… going to try to get to Badlands National Park - 445 miles - very long stretch for one day but let’s see how far I go… forecast is a little rain on the way but ...
Mitchel's Corn Palace
To take a break from the rain and follow a friend’s suggestion I stopped at this place - no idea what it is… Let’s see :) ...
Bank
Argh!! Problems with my credit card - several unrecognized withdrawals and purchases!!! Call with Citibank keep getting dropped. They’re going to have to cancel my card and I will have to go to an a...
First gas stop of the day
Pretty uneventfull ride till now except for a flock of geese or some other large bird migrating south - just like me :) ...
Day 5 - cross winds
Ufff - very long day again - half dry half wet - and a LOT of cross wind - actually driving most of the time with the bike leaned over about 20 degrees - annoying mostly because of the noise it create...
Corn Palace 2
American culture at it’s best :) ...
Rain
So it looks like another 100 miles or so of rain. At least it only started an hour ago. I’m in Mitchell - west of Salem on the map… Having a burger… ...
Mississipi River
Ok - the rain stopped and so did I. In the “historic” town of La Crosse - guess it’s where the game started - with the Indians? Will check Wikipedia later :) ...