Tuesday June 30th - evening

Well, my camp is all set up at Gettysburg, South Dakota, a little town of 1100 people. They have a city park in town and camping is free, they even have a shower. When I read in my camping book that there was no fee, I thought it would either be a junk pile or it would be full. Neither was true. Two trailer houses with really old people and nobody else. The camping area is next to the city and school baseball diamond and there is a summer league game starting in an hour. I can watch from my folding camp chair. I rode exactly 400 miles today. Pretty easy day of riding especially this afternoon. I rode one stretch that was 60 miles long and I did not make a turn. It was straight as a string. Tomorrow I am going through the Badlands and Mount Rushmore and will camp in Crawford, Nebraska if all goes according to plan. If there is a ton of traffic, I will skip Mt Rushmore, I have seen it 3 times. Other than wind this morning the day was great. The warmest I saw any reader board say was 75 degrees.

The way the schedule looks now : Tuesday here in Gettysburg, South Dakota. Wednesday July 1st I will camp at Crawford, Nebraska. Thursday July 2nd I will camp at Cody, Wyoming. Friday July 3rd I will camp somewhere the other side of Yellowstone depending on availability, that will be a busy day. Saturday July 4th I will stay someplace in Northern Idaho, possibly Duane Williams' sister's house. Sunday July 5th, I will sleep at my Mom's in Trout Lake, Washington. Monday July 6th I will be home - YEAH. I can't wait. I am getting tired of sleeping with my GPS:-)