Day 25 Sioux Falls SD to Farimont MN 126 miles 2088 ft

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Today was not nearly as challenging as yesterday.  Basically the winds were only from the South and only 10-15 mph. Since the route was mostly directly east with some northern movement the ride was doable. I did get in the van at mile 45 and rode to lunch.  Then I did another 35 miles and took the van to the hotel. So I only did 75 of the 125 miles. Leaving Sioux Falls at 7 am was a bit tense. Major highways no shoulder and tons of traffic for about 5 miles. Once out of the city the landscape turned back to farms. Today we crossed into Minnesota. The farms along the way were huge and well kept.  I stopped in Luverne MN to take pictures because Ann is watching the Ken Burns Documentary on WWII and one of the towns he features is Luverne MN. Ann wanted to know what the town looked like so I took more pictures than usual -- they're not all included below.  I was going to ride the last 25 miles of the route but once in the van and getting to a highway with the cement cracks I decided I really didn't need to bounce around that much. In fact I did have to do 10 miles or so of this type of road earlier in the day.  Once the road went into a new county the surface changed and I was a happy cyclist once again.


One more state!

Really enjoyed seeing all the well kep farms. It was either
corn I saw or soybeans.

The road and the train cars just go on and on and on

Barn !

Cool Hey?  What the make and year Don Burke

Can you stand another farm picture -- Remember I saw them
for 75 miles  This was the type of landscape leading into
and out of Luverne

Train cars 

The town Ken Burns featured in WWII documentary

Residential Luverne

Town of Luverne

Town of Luverne

Town of Luverne
Town of Luverne



Oh no! Another Barn

Saw a lot of these. You know its going to be constant wind
when you see these babies

Pee Stop -- I'm sure your needed that detail
Brick Barn!

The ride was broken into two parts ( Garmin trouble) so there are two maps for those who eagerly follow every part of the blog








Departed:Sep 12, '18, 06:51AM
Starts in:Sioux Falls, SD, US
Distance:46.3 mi
Elevation:+ 1306 / - 1149 ft
Max Grade
10.7 %
Avg. Grade
0.0 %
VAM205 Vm/h
Ascent time01:56:25
Descent time01:32:08
Total Duration:05:12:41
Moving Time:03:28:33
Stopped Time:01:44:08
Calories:1345
Avg. Watts:108
Max Speed:22.1 mph
Avg. Speed:13.3 mph
Pace:00:06:45
Moving Pace:00:04:30









Departed:Sep 12, '18, 12:05PM
Starts in:Worthington, MN, US
Distance:30.7 mi
Elevation:+ 539 / - 870 ft
Max Grade
2.7 %
Avg. Grade
-0.2 %
VAM143 Vm/h
Ascent time01:09:11
Descent time01:14:15
Total Duration:04:57:38
Moving Time:02:23:26
Stopped Time:02:34:12
Calories:884
Avg. Watts:103
Max Speed:24.5 mph
Avg. Speed:12.8 mph
Pace:00:09:42
Moving Pace:00:04:40


Comments

  1. UnknownSeptember 12, 2018 at 7:17 PM

    Just peein all over them fields out there hey? 😀 we just finished the Vietnam Ken Burns documentary and are watching the national parks one now!

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