July posts

Tuesday, July 1, 2025Day 31Buffalo, WY to Gillette, WY Miles: 69.98Elevation: 2,533Time: 6 hours 23 minutes Total miles: 1,170.98(1,601.98 w/ Uhaul)Total Elevation: 55,141Total Time: 119 hours 1 minute Treasures: Men’s Klim jacket. Nemesis clear lenses glasses SMACKED!!! Today’s ride was not unusual in distance or climbing but the app we use for weather predictions -Epic… Read more: Day 31 – July 1 – Buffalo to Gillette WY

Wednesday, July 2, 2025Day 32Gillette, WY to Sundance, WY Miles: 61.56Elevation: 2,034Time: 5 hours 31 minutes Total miles: 1,232.54 (1,663.54 w/ Uhaul)Total Elevation: 57,175Total Time: 124 hours 32 minute The circle of Life The sun came up this morning without any doing on my part as it had years before me and will years after… Read more: Day 32 – July 2nd – Gillette to Sundance WY

Thursday, July 3, 2025Day 33Sundance, WY to Deadwood, SD Miles: 48.25Elevation: 2,454Time: 4 hours 48 minutes Total miles: 1,280.79 (1,711.79 w/ Uhaul)Total Elevation: 59,629Total Time: 129 hours 20 minutes “The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us… Read more: Day 33 – July 3rd – Sundance to Deadwood SD

Friday, July 4, 2025Day 34 Rest Day in Deadwood, SD Miles: 0Elevation:Time: hours minutes Total miles: 1,280.79 (1,711.79 w/ Uhaul)Total Elevation: 59,629Total Time: 129 hours 20 minutes Happy Fourth of July!! Today was a day we’d been looking forward to! To celebrate Independence Day in a small town and to see the community.The host at… Read more: Day 34 – 4 July Zero Day

Saturday, July 5, 2025Day 35Deadwood, SD to Custer, SD Miles: 70.78Elevation: 3,488Time: 7 hours 55 minutes Total miles: 1,351.58 (1,782.57 w/ Uhaul)Total Elevation: 63,117Total Time: 137 hours 15 minutes Awakening to a picture perfect morning, we were packed and ready to go before 8. The town was still asleep with just a few people stirring.Riding… Read more: Day 35- July 5th – Deadwood to Custer

Sunday, July 6, 2025Day 36 Custer, SD to Hot Springs, SD Miles: 49.93Elevation: 994Time: 4 hours 37 minutes Total miles: 1,401.50 (1,832.50 w/ Uhaul)Total Elevation: 6,411Total Time: 141 hours 52 minutes The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.He makes me lie down in green pastures.He leads me beside the still waters.He restores my… Read more: Day 36 – July 6th -Custer to Hot Springs

Monday, July 7, 2025Day 37 Hot Springs, SD to Custer, SD Miles: 37.19Elevation: 2,749Time: 4 hours 36 minutes Total miles: 1,438.69 (1,869.69 w/ Uhaul)Total Elevation: 66,860Total Time: 146 hours 28 minutes We woke up to a beautiful sunny morning. The skies were painted with billowing clouds.Leaving the KOA camp in Hot Springs, breakfast is a… Read more: Day 37 – July 7th – Hot Spings to Custer

Tuesday, July 8, 2025Day 38Custer, SD to Hill City, SD Miles: 23.79Elevation: 971Time: 2 hours 40 minutes Total miles: 1,462.48 (1,893.48 w/ Uhaul)Total Elevation: 67,832Total Time: 149 hours 8 minutes As we were leaving Custer, we came across the Custer Veterans Memorial. We are grateful for all who have served allowing us to live in… Read more: Day 38 – July 8th – Custer to Hill City SD

Wednesday, July 9, 2025 Day 39 Mt. Rushmore KOA at Palmer Gulch, SD to Ellsworth Air Force Base, Box Elder, SD Miles: 46.26Elevation: 1,585Time: 4 hours 15 minutesTotal miles: 1,508.74 (1,939.74 w/ Uhaul)Total Elevation: 69,416Total Time: 153 hours 23 minutes “It’s rather like war, isn’t it?”-Rapid City Journal’s Special Flood Edition on June 26, 1972… Read more: Day 39 – Mt. Rushmore KOA at Palmer Gulch, SD to Ellsworth Air Force Base, Box Elder, SD

We are now in the Grasslands where the terrain does not change much…nearly flat, grassy and we are seeing corn planted in the fields. Epic ride weather warns us of strong crosswinds. Leaving Wall, my phone lets me know I’ve used up my storage space so I’ll need to address this later today.