Day 19 Sundance WY to Rapid City SD 103 miles 6211 feet of climbing


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Wow, what a fantastic day. Great weather, quiet roads (except the last 5 miles) tail wind for 20 miles and cross head winds for the rest, fantastic scenery for the whole day except the last 5 miles. I biked till lunch at mile 53. The first 20 were downhill with a tailwind  the next 30 were through a canyon with a gradual, but continual 1%-3% grade. Got a 20 mile boost after lunch to skip the steeper inclines and then got out with 35 miles to go. Mostly downhill but with some short but high slope climbing.  The last climb I started to walk and the Trek Van saw me about half way up, Blake turned around picked me up and took me to the top, let me out so I could descend into Rapid City. The last 5 miles included hair raising, unsafe construction transversing followed by a bike path and then heavy traffic for a short time on a major highway. Arrived at hotel and of course the room was not ready. Shopped around at Native American stores.  I'm sure to buy something.  Celebration dinner at hotel's 
 roof top!


Canyon Pictures




Early Morning Scenery 






























Fourteen happy bikers with Guides Maybe we should all be in Jail



Spent most of the day here!

Scenery with a tailwind ride!

Interesting landscape


Not Uluru but still cool



Did like the scenery

Cliff Buffalo Jumped from


A little wood production with pollution

Canyon Pictures


Mandatory Truck Picture


There's Custer Mountain -- Not the Last Stand

Wonder who the mayor is

Later on in the ride 

Interesting Yard Piece Need a Chair?

I know thjis is a 1941 Chevy


Social Hour at the Hotel on the Roof

Sunset from the roof notice the dinosaur













































































Road 86 miles of the 103 and climbe 4234 of the 6200 feet







Departed:Sep 06, '18, 06:51AM
Starts in:Sundance, WY, US
Distance:86.0 mi
Elevation:+ 4234 / - 5538 ft
Max Grade
10.7 %
Avg. Grade
-0.3 %
VAM350 Vm/h
Ascent time03:41:22
Descent time02:29:47
Total Duration:08:25:42
Moving Time:06:11:09
Stopped Time:02:14:33
Calories:2527
Avg. Watts:114
Max Speed:43.9 mph
Avg. Speed:13.9 mph
Pace:00:05:53
Moving Pace:00:04:19

Comments

  1. UnknownSeptember 8, 2018 at 7:31 PM

    Must be nice riding through canyon country! Great pics as usual!

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