mile 2094

Today we woke up to a very foggy and misty morning with the promise to become a sunny day.  And this was true, as later the morning the sun burned away all that mist and revealed the devastation the rain had done over the last days.  Roads were washed away or under water, fields for miles under water and crops completely submerged, a disaster for hundreds of miles.  So our day was pretty much dictated by the road closures and detours, and the general idea of going West.

"If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm"

Game of the day, "DETOUR"

Nevertheless, the DETOUR brought us up to Watertown, SD, which is hosting this year's South Dakota HOG State Rally at the Sioux Indian Reservation.  So a little stop over at the HOG family and some chit-chat among friends, and off we were again in our quest to reach the Bad Lands.

Sioux Indian Reservation

Later the afternoon we, or better I had a little conversation with the law as I didn't see the city speed limit in Henry, SD (population 268).  But the law was friendly, it gave me a warning, and some advise about local wild life and its dangers at dawn.  I took the advise, thanked, and off we were, watching more carefully the speed limits at those little towns like Olivia, Stewart, Agar, etc.

So all at all it was a good day, great riding, good distance, and great roads.  And farmlands without end.  We didn't make it to the Bad Lands and pitched the tent in Kennebec as the sun was almost down, but that's alright too.