Mileage: 57.6; 2,358 total
As I have proceeded east from Pierre the towns have gotten closer and closer, which means more "rest and refreshment" stops. On this ride I stopped at one little town to have a cold drink, and ended up chatting for a while with a number of older men playing eucre (a somewhat obscure card game that is apprently played a lot in the midwest). Then I stopped an hour or two later for a light lunch (a BLT and coffee), and was joined at my table by some of the local lunch crowd, farmers and a local banker who apparently makes sub-prime loans to these farmers -- a friendly bunch, partly due to the fact, I guess, that this is the best year they have had for crops in a long long time. Next I stopped in the town of De Pret, after riding in the rain for 1 1/2 hours, and enjoyed a chicken sandwich at a Subway shop and then took a "Laura Ingalls Wilder Tour" (this is the town of "Little House on the Prairie" fame. I pushed on from there, and checked into a motel in Arlington, fat and happy, just before a major thunderstorm broke loose.
Don't overlook your chance to win a milkshake by guessing how much weight I will have lost by the end of my ride. I was 272 pounds at the start. Submit your guess, and I will announce the winner when I get back on the scales in NYC.
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