Day 24 - 117 miles from Wall to Pierre, SD

Another fantastic day to ride. Due to the l17 miles, Michael rode the single bike. The terrain was rolling with a side wind out of the south. Only when we turned north for 20 miles did we get a tailwind. Nonetheless, the temperatures in the low 80's and little humidity made up for a sidewind and the lack of a tailwind.

Now that we are out of the mountains and the long climbs and have done so many long rides, whether it is 80, 90 or over 100 miles, doesn't seem to matter as much as it did at the beginning of the tour. However, headwinds of 15+ mph do matter.

The scenery was much like you saw yesterday - wide open grassy fields, few trees and no fascinating rock formations. So, didn't stop to take many pictures; but here are some pictures.

Look at all the grass rolls for the cattle. You could see them as far as you looked on either side of the road.

See what I mean about wide open, grassy and no trees; it was like this all day.

Did run across this pasture meeting and thought I had better record it. Not sure who the leaders were!

Pierre is the capital of SD and the second smallest capital next to Montpelier, VT in terms of population at 13,860. It sets on the Missouri River. Here is a view of our approach down to Pierre.

The river is very pretty. This river is the longest in North America and flows east and south for 2,341 miles before entering the Mississippi River north of St. Louis.

We were treated to free beer at the motel. Unfortunately for me, no free soda!

Tomorrow, we venture 84 miles to Chamberlain, SD. Talking headwinds, boo!