63 miles, 1070 feet of climbing. Today had it all: construction, busy streets, rural riding, rolling terrain and beautiful farmland. The winds were from the SW around 5-10 mph. Fortunately we had a tailwind most of the day. The word of the day is HOT!
Apparently we are in a weather that will remain hot for at least the next week. The trip leader is hopeful that it will break when we cross Lake Michigan. The temp was 78 when we left at 0630 this morning and in the low 90's when we arrived in Worthington. The dew point was in the mid 70's and it's hard to breathe when you're not moving. We were supposed to leave Sioux Falls via a bike path this morning which circumvents the entire city. The entire loop is 20 miles and includes parks, a river and the falls for which the city is most noted. But alas, it wasn't possible due to it being under water!
We did go by the falls which were beautiful with the water cascading over red rocks.
Today we entered our 5th state, Minnesota. It seems funny that nit is day 29 and we are just getting to our 5th state. In the next 9 days we will have transversed 3 states, ferried across Lake Michigan and entered Canada....in 3 more days we will have crossed Ontario and entered New York. They say time goes by faster now. That evokes mixed feelings...
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