69 miles today, 1846 miles total.
Our day started about 5:00 AM with a spontaneous symphony of sound, including car alarms, a six year old boy imitating a 2 year year old boy, a dog barking, and more. This helped us get an early start on the day.
There was not much rest today, as the route included over 24 miles of a dirt surface, which wax pretty rough at times.
Lunch 1 was along the side of a dirt road in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, which is home to the Oglala Lakota Nation. There a local gentleman stopped to check on our well being, he being not used to seeing bicyclists enjoying lunch in a grass field.
As the route today was a bit taxing, we had lunch 2 in Martin, South Dakota in the town’s Hodson Memorial Park. As we dined on fried chicken and salads, we noted how this town, and so many others, take great care of their memorial parks.
This meal turned out to be our last meal if the day, providing the fuel to get to our lakeside camp space at Cottonwood State Recreation Area near Merriman, Nebraska.
While in Martin, SD, Colin took a few minutes to mail some items home to lighten the load, since cold weather is now behind us (yah, sure).
Having now landed in Nebraska, Colin owes us all a beer. That’s in the plan for tomorrow.
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