Day 20 REST DAY Rapid City South Dakota

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Well deserved rest day.  Got a cab to go to the laundry mat at 6:am and used Lyft to get back. Went to breakfast about 7:30 and then rested tell about 11 am.  Went to lunch and then in the afternoon did make purchases of the Winter Count buffalo hide and of a breast plate made from bones. Both authentic Native American stuff.  Bought Ann a Lakota Basket as well.  They are all being shipped home via UPS.  Speaking of UPS they were supposed to deliver medicine to me today. It never arrived because of mechanical problems. Ann spent an hour trying to track package and reroute it to the next town to no avail.  They are supposed to ship it back to Ann in NJ and the she will send it again to some location down the road. Luckily the medicine is for he nose pallups and not absolutely essential.  

Some of fellow riders went to Mt, Rushmore but since I saw it only 2 years ago I decided not to go.


Believe it or not pictures of trucks, barns or scenery . I pu in the route to show how far along we are in the trip. Pretty impressive -- Not half way but almost!  Nexr rest day Madison Wisconsin



Statistics                     Trek              Paul            % completed by Paul

Miles to day 20        1583.1             1205.2           76.1%

Climbs to day 20     81764               64986             79.4%


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