Wow. What a day! Within the first hour of the trip i was already asking myself the same question everyone else has been asking: "Are you crazy??!"
My legs are so tired - rightfully so! - I think I'm pulling around 60 extra pounds. Morgan and I left Sioux Falls at 8:30 and finished our day at 19:00 at Lismore, MN. 66 miles is less than we hoped to do, but is not bad for our first day! We stopped for about 3 hours at Blue Mound State Park. We had lunch there, napped, and swam. The park was pristine prairie - it was the old buffalo hunting grounds for the Lakota Sioux.
Right now, I'm in my hammock...hoping y new untested sleeping bag will keep me warm.
Thursday, August 21st - 80 miles to St. James, MN
Argh! Damn you wind!! I spent this morning struggling through a windy day in one for the most windy parts of the country at an average of 11.5mph. Slow and strenuous!! I'm feeling a lot of pain in my elbows and shoulders, thankfully my legs seem to be holding up just fine! 1mg of tylonol should help out those shoulders.
So far, these small towns have been nice...other than the lack of credit card acceptance. I don't think anyone will be accepting my 50mb green mao anytime soon either...hopefully that will change by the end of the year!
I must say again: the wind is incredible. With the wind at our backs, 18mph is easy and sustainable.
Today's ending was not the most encouraging: cold damp rain, a nasty puncture from a screw, and being thrown from my bike when my tyre got caught in the space between the road and a driveway. I wasn't harmed seriously, but I did have to spend the next 10 minuets digging small stones out of my hands with my utility knife.
We found a campground and lights out were at midnight. What a tiring stressful day. I really hope tomorrow will be better.
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