Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Day #23, Rapid City SD to Wall SD (home of Wall Drug)

I started today off with a real restaurant breakfast at Perkins in Rapid City, after weeks of hotel style continental breakfasts, it was a joy to order off the menu. We started late this morning at 8:00 am because we were only riding 58 miles. I would have preferred an earlier start because both the heat and winds arrived early in our ride and stayed with us all the way to Wall. As we wound our way thru Rapid City, we saw a few of the complete set of Presidential Statues that adorn the city. We are out of the mountains but we did have a lot of rolling hills to test our stamina. the scenery was provided by vast farm fields of wheat, hay and corn. No irrigation is required here in South Dakota, in contrast to what we saw earlier in the ride farther west. We had been seeing a large number of signs for "Wall Drugs" the past week on the road and finally we were here in Wall. The best way to describe it is South Carolinas "South of the Border" with a western flavor. I looked around but I couldn't seem to find a thing I really needed, except maybe some "Anti Monkey Butt Powder", which amazingly is offered in both mens and women's versions. Fox News must be following my trip, because I just happened to see this article today. Tomorrow is another big day with 120 miles, hopefully we get an early start and get some miles in our pocket before it heats up.

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