I would like to list some people who were essential to this trip:
Molly pesich
Mary anderson
Chris anderson
Mike hunter
My mom
Lauren passauer
Sarah boys
Ben stockton
Mary-beth vetter
Sage youngblutt
Jill and kenbob
Mitchell detrich (sp?)
Mike fox
Ron (from nearly new shop)
David steensland
Tara waltmire
Chris de nino
And adam vetter.
Adam and I were talking today. And we were both confident that my bike is in now shape right now to do the mountains. And that's what's on our plate next. Soooooo, after thinking about it, we are gonna stop. We made it half way. Over 1200 miles. 5 flat tires. 4 states. One stolen bike. We are proud how far we made it. We have plenty of time to finish someday. I'm sorry I didn't get to see rennels, or matha. Sage is on his way, currently, to pick us up. Thank fsm.
Watching fireworx in rapid city tonight. Rushmore tomorrow.
Back to ohio.
Freedom on my mind.
So. We stayed in a nice campground last night, compliments of mary-beth vetter! Thank you so much mary-beth (if you read this). She bought us two nights, so we are taking a rest day in rapid city. We decided to get some food at a place downtown. We are sitting there, when all of a sudden, a deafening boom comes out of nowhere. Everyone in the patio area freezes to see what it was. A baby was startled and cried. It turns out I had a weak spot on my tire and it fucking exploded like a an m80!! I took it to a bike shop around the corner from the restaruant, and the guy who owns the shop felt my pain and gave me a tube and tire for free!
But the trouble we have been having with the bike has put a damper on things
We woke up and rode to badlands national park. It was crazy gorgeous! We stopped at every overlook, climbed on the formations, and peed on cacti! We had the wind at our back most or the day, so we made good time. The sites today were beautiful. We are currently in rapid city, we will be here till the 4th. Then, westward into wyoming!
The last post I put up was while we were eating pizza down the rode from the park we were sleeping in. We finished eatinf and as soon as we got outside the wind was whipping like crazy, 30mph easy. We got to the bikes and no sooner then the rain started. Like a fucking monsooooooon! You couldn't see more than ten yards ahead of you, the towns power went out immediately, and adam and I were exposed with nothing more to do than sit under a picnic table. The winds gusted up to 50mph! If you stood up you risked been swept away by the wind, or being stung by the rain. It killed the skin. Everything we had got soaked. We took a little shelter in the bathroom at the park, and once it settled, we went to sleep.
It was the wildest storm I've been out in. Ever.
