This won't be a complete post since I haven't finished riding for the day, but I thought I'd write while I had access to a computer.

“It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” ~ Ernest Hemingway

I'm in Wessington Springs, S.D. Started early today in Presho and have come 89 miles, and am now well over the halfway point in mileage. Chris is going to execute a Hyperspace Jump* for me and we'll end up in Mitchell, SD, so we can see the Corn Palace. After that, I plan to ride 20 or so more miles and call it a day. Minnesota is getting closer.

By the way, I forgot to note yesterday that I entered the Central time zone. Wasn't even thinking about it, but Chris saw the sign. Could've really used that hour of sleep that I lost, though.

I'll update again when we have a place for the night.

*- The Hyperspace Jump is a cool North-South move that saves or uses no mileage. It was used once before in jumping from RT 44 to the Badlands Scenic Loop (though that one did cost me an extra 9 miles, it was well worth it). I will certainly miss the Hyperspace Jumps when Chris leaves on Friday.