71 miles, 1022 feet of climbing with over half of it within 2 miles from the motel. Crosswinds most of the day. It was71 degrees when we left the motel at 0600 and 94 degrees when we arrived in Mitchell. My day started with me over sleeping today. The alarm didn't go off and I woke up right as we were supposed to be leaving. I felt rushed the rest of the day.
It was supposed to be really hot today but we got lucky because it rained for a little while and the sky remained overcast for quite awhile. Once the sun came out it felt like a sauna. There wasn't much to see along the road today. One town we passed through has lawn mower races on Saturday nights. Too bad we were there on Thursday. We also passed by the Kimball Tractor museum. Some went in but most skipped it. South Dakota seems to have a lot of roads to nowhere.
Our destination today Mitchell is a corn crazy prairie town (it's call letters are KORN) and home to the world's one and only Corn Palace. The citizens of Mitchell built the original corn palace in 1892. Now every spring about 20 local citizens are contracted to redecorate the exterior of the building with over 275,000 ears os native SD corn along with grains and grasses arranged into large murals.
Tomorrow we head to Sioux Falls and have our third rest day on Sunday. Everyone is really looking forward to it. My legs are sore all over again as are my neck and back.
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