Day Three: Long, long, lonely roads.
From Worthington, MN to Sturgis, SD 518 miles, with lots of stopping, and a total of 1849 miles in three days.
The following are some shots of the day. The first is the general view of the road for most of the ride.
And what was apparently the main crop!
At breakfast we came across this cool rig. How can you go wrong with Jack Daniels?
At lunch we stopped to take a look at the Corn Palace. There was advertising for nearly 300 miles for this place:
We decided not to go in.
Another icon was Wall Drugs, similarly billboard advertised for many miles, it looked like it was worth stopping.
Imagine our surprise when we were parking and Paul Mihalka pulls up! Needless to say we had lunch with him. He was coming back towards DC from the BMWST UnRally.
In front of Wall Drugs, yes there was a tiny drug store in there, we saw Tina, or what looked like her bike.
Off to the badlands near Rushmore. Very cool looking.
A little further on we came to Mt. Rushmore. Damn $20 parking, plus entry fee and we decided to just take a few shots by the road.
After Rushmore we went to the Crazy Horse monument. $5 each to get in, and very cool!
The finished schupture compared to present completion.
The man responsible for the concept was Sculpture Korczak Ziolkowski, who was a very accomplished talent. One of his schulptures.
Another shot of the ride, though not nearly as dull as I make it out.
In all, about 1000 bugs killed, 520 miles done, and bonding with a friend accomplished.
The daily tally!
Jim