Holy smokes!
Jeezum crow! Whoo-ee! Amazing! and (at the end of the day) Uff-da! I don't know how else to describe this day. Initially we were supposed to do a simple 44 mile day into a town where our motel rooms wouldn't be ready until 4pm. Well that sounded too easy so we got a new cue sheet last night that took us on a nice 20 mile detour to
Fort Buford, located at the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers and where, in 1881, Sitting Bull surrendered.
As great as the Fort may have been, that wasn't the most interesting part of the day. That distinction goes to the wind. For the first 15 miles of the day, we had a tailwind that was at least 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph and our average speed was 20.1 mph with minimal effort. Then we turned right and the same wind that pushed us along suddenly became quite a challenge. Those gusts from behind were a nice push but coming from the side, they kept our minds from wandering.
After 25 miles of winds coming from one side or the other, we were finally back on US-2 and we ended the day with a sweet ride down a hill with the wind from behind. Tomorrow it looks like more of the same.
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