Watertown to Montevideo

July 21, 2022

This morning I totally slept through my alarm and didn’t wake up until 5:37 AM.  Not sure what happened as I know it was set on my phone.  So everything seemed like it was in a rush this morning as I was now 20 minutes behind.  Last to load luggage, last to eat breakfast and yet I still managed to roll out of camp at 6:48, not bad. 

Today was  another day of riding through the corn fields.  Although as we have headed east the fields have gotten smaller and there are a few trees which grow along smaller draws and line a few of the fields. The tour took us through several small towns and most of them looked even more boarded up than they did in 2018.  I guess this is also reflected in the declining populations which is reported on our route sheets.

The north west wind which has been blowing quite hard and steady for the last few days served us well today as we were headed almost due east. This tail wind resulted in an average speed today of 17.3 mph.  Just got to love those tail winds.

Highlights of the day was seeing a huge house being moved, and leaving South Dakota and entering Minnesota.  Also saw an original Skelly gasoline station, a relic from the 1950’s.

Just before picnic I caught up to a large group of riders and had a bunch of fun taking pictures of them.  I rode ahead and then got down on the pavement to take a shot as they rode past. Some great action shots.

Just another day on Greg’s Magical Coast to Coast tour.

Terry