Back to Nebraska riding. There are several contrasts between the ride today and my last days cycling in North Dakota and South Dakota. The most immediate one was that the road (US 34) was much busier than US 83 – … Continue reading →
Back in Lincoln. Today I drove from Selby, South Dakota to Lincoln, Nebraska. Dropped off a rental car and am ready to start the next section cycling west to Wyoming/Colorado. I can tell it is more humid again so will … Continue reading →
A full day of North Dakota bicycling. I’ve reached the end of the line and will drive back a bit before starting my next phase of bicycling to Colorado. Yesterday was a good day for a rest day. There were … Continue reading →
A wet rainy day with 1.2 inches with a better forecast for tomorrow. Also was able to get a rental car tomorrow instead of a u-haul so that should work better.
Continue reading →A Walmart truck passes me. So that has me wondering, how far am I from a town with a Walmart? As best I can tell, today I was always at least an hours drive away (north to Bismarck, South to … Continue reading →
A shorter ride today to Selby. The shorter distance was good both because there were no services along the way and because starting mid-morning wind started to pick up from the Northwest. I continued through agricultural areas with wheat, corn, … Continue reading →
A nice ride through agricultural areas including wheat fields. I think there was a big wheat harvest recently so these fields are not as prominent as other crops. In addition I came past soy beans, corn and sunflower fields. I … Continue reading →
Today another ride through sparsely populated areas. There was more traffic that earlier days so it wasn’t completely quiet. The first part of the day was through the reservation including the only service stop at 13 miles. After that no … Continue reading →
A short ride today. Fort Thompson was the town before Pierre. This first stretch has ~1000 feet of climb, mostly in two hills. Given the distance and hills, this seemed like a good stop over. Leaving through the town of … Continue reading →
Yesterday it rained until early afternoon. After that it was breezy. Taking a rest day in Platte turned out to be a good choice. The first night the motel was full. There was a group of 40 motorcyclists from Kansas … Continue reading →