Abram in Motion

Everything is so far going pretty well. On Monday I got a bus from Sioux Falls to Rapid City, SD. I met some interesting people on the bus. A traveling author, a "rodeo girl" model, a prostitute, a Cuban moving to rapid city with his "soul mate", and an Italian who quit his job and was traveling through the US. Meeting such varied people is very invigorating. I found it amusing that the rodeo girl from Texas thought i wasn't an American because of my "accent".

I'm now spending my last day at my brother's house at the base of the Black Hills. We went on a 2 day hiking/camping trip in the Black Elk Wilderness. The weather was perfect, and we saw very few other signs of human activity. Not quite the Yukon, but certainly good enough for me! I wonder when I'll be able to do something like this again. We found a perfect camping spot by this area:





I feel like i've never been in a more still and quiet area. The sky was completely clear and not even a gust of wind to rustle fallen leaves. Tomorrow is Bob's bachelor party. Very soon I'll be on my own on my bike!