Talked with a guy from North Dakota that grew up where I will be riding through. He celebrates his birthday by riding his age x2. This year he turned 60. His goal was 200 miles in one day. His riding partner backed out so he did 150, thats awesome. He was a little concerned about me taking all my gear on the Maah Daah Hey Trail. He says there will be some hike-a-bike, no biggy done that before.
I was looking forward to seeing Pompeys Pillar National Monument. I was surprised there was a cost of $7. Thought I was going to have to see it from afar, but the ranger told me bikes got in free, lucky me. It is a huge sandstone rock (see pic, yes I climbed to the top) that Clark's party stopped at. It has a bunch of signatures and dates still on the sandstone. There is a nice boardwalk that gets to the top of the sandstone, also a nice path down to the Yellowstone River.
Fought a headwind all day today so did not make it as far as I wanted. Stopped in Custer got some great fingersteaks and stayed in the park.
Miles 60, total miles 967, avg 11.4, max 29.1, time 5.15
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