Luggage load was at 6:00 am, and we rode up to the center of town for breakfast at the Anchor Grill. This place is my favorite so far as far as providing home cooking. Homemade pies last night and this morning it was homemade cinnamon rolls. We climbed out of town and then headed for Mitchell. The roads out here must suffer from hard winters because the last few days we have suffered ourselves as we crossed a bone jarring seam every eight to ten feet. It didn't matter if it was asphalt or concrete, it had the seams. Your hands and wheels take a beating, and its a wonder we didn't have a bunch of broken spokes to fix. We passed through a series of small towns, Pukwana (home of the Puk U Bar & Grill and lawn mower races), Kimball (home of the SD Tractor Museum), Plankinton, and Mt Vernon. Then it was Mitchell, home of the world famous Corn Palace. Each year the downtown civic center (The Boston Garden of SD) is covered with murals made from corn cobs and other farm products stapled to the plywood walls. I stopped for ice cream (peanut butter brownie) across from the corn palace and then on to the Budget Inn, our base for the night. We had Mexican food next door for dinner and I had chicken fajitas. Seventy-one more miles today, so we are getting closer to the end in Portsmouth than the beginning in Astoria. Another seventy miles tomorrow, and then a day off in Sioux Falls, SD.
Total Miles 1970.41
Total Hours 134.48
Trip Speed 14.7 mph
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