Volga, SD to Miller, SD
109.77 miles
7:35.30 hrs
25.8 max
14.4 avg
Again, another long ride through South Dakota. Miller was a little farther away than I wanted to travel but it was the only city over 80 miles away with a campground. The wind was quite a factor in today's ride. It came from the south west and I had to "ride and grind" for many hours in the Western direction until the road turned north. When this happened I found myself traveling at a steady 22 mph and it felt great! It was a real morale booster and made me feel like I could make it to Miller after all.
Of course this windy advantage could not last forever. The road soon turned back West but I did not mind it so much any more because I was not too far from Miller. When I pulled into Millar I found out that there was a free park just inside the city. It was my lucky day! After I set up my tent I rode towards a local bar and grill to get something to eat. As I was locking up my bike some high schoolers drove by yelling at me to tell them who I was. They got out of the car and came up to meet me. I told them what I was doing and conversed with them for about 20 min or so. I gave them all livestrong bands just so that I could go and eat... I was starving!
After eating, I headed back towards my tent and ran into the high schoolers again. They wanted to converse some more and there was one girl in specific that seemed very interested in me. We will leave the story at that for now... you can ask me more about it later if you are interested. The story is not that good anyways, just kind of funny.
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