Tour Day: Twelve
Day/Date: Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Time Started: 5:00 AM MDST
Time Ended: 3:55 PM CDST
Starting Location: Gillette, WY
Ending Location: Fargo, ND
Total Miles Today: 641 (30% Two Lane)
Cumulative Miles: 8172
Low Temp: 46F - Gillette, WY
High Temp: 79F - Fargo, ND
Highest Gas Price: $3.99 Spearfish, SD
Lowest Gas Price: $3.99 Bismark, ND
States: SD, ND (18)
Today started, as all other days have, bright and early.
I would not mind waking up to find one of these working for me in my backyard!
Sunrise comes quick in a land with few trees.
About a hundred miles after I started I crossed into South Dakota. I stopped for a breakfast at Spearfish, South Dakota.
At Spearfish I left I-90 and took Hwy 85 north across the endless sea of grass.
Grass as far as the eye can see in any direction!
Somewhere on Hwy 85, in the middle of no where, I crossed into North Dakota.
All day I watched Prong Horn antelopes and deer, seemingly curious about my passing. This Pronghorn buck seemes to be pretty good size.Today was mostly about mileage. I stopped tonight in Fargo, ND. It should be noted I lost an hour when I crossed back into the Central Daylight Time Zone.
All in all, a very good day.
Tomorrow I cross Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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love the prairie! gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteAnd it should be noted that I've been showing the photos to Keaton each day and he's totally impressed with his Grandpa's knowledge of the exact species of all these animals. It's like watching Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom! LOL
This ride just provides too many choices..... I would have had a hard time turning north that close to the Badlands! You can't see it all! There will be other trips to see what you missed! Another great day of riding!
ReplyDeleteRide safe,
Kevin.
continue to be safe, and also you are really making me want to finish our ride in some of the same areas that you just passed though. It may not be on our bike but we will see some of what you are seeing next summer. Thanks for the great posts.
ReplyDeleteDan aka Papa44