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- Day 10
- Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:45 AM
- ☀️ 79 °F
- Altitude: 7,156 ft
United StatesBlackmore Lake45°28’33” N 110°59’2” W
This is NOT Biden Country
July 17, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Very clear about it.
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- Day 10
- Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 12:25 PM
- ⛅ 81 °F
- Altitude: 6,893 ft
- United StatesPalisade Falls45°28’7” N 110°56’20” W
Palisade Falls
July 17, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
Packing day so I thought I’d make one more “day trip” before leaving this beautiful area.
The .7 mile walk up to the falls was a TON easier coming back down 😂
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- Day 10
- Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 6:00 PM
- ⛅ 86 °F
- Altitude: 4,957 ft
- United States03S04E11BDBB01 Well45°35’37” N 111°11’46” W
Final Dinner and Goodbyes
July 17, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 86 °F
Most have left but some of the Timmons and Christians had a final get together & dinner.
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- Day 11
- Monday, July 18, 2022 at 4:45 AM
- 🌙 59 °F
- Altitude: 4,659 ft
- United States01S05E36BB__01 Well45°42’51” N 111°4’3” W
Homeward Bound
July 18, 2022 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 59 °F
Woke up early and hit the road. Mostly packed from last night so checked out and hit the road.
Will make 600 miles and S. Dakota today.
More bugs on windshield than ever and unfortunately, rocksRead more
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- Day 11
- Monday, July 18, 2022 at 10:00 AM
- ☀️ 91 °F
- Altitude: 3,563 ft
- United StatesCrook City44°27’1” N 103°35’48” W
Black Hills National Cemetery
July 18, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 91 °F
Stopped for a quick look. Very well done. Incredible number of graves.
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- Day 11
- Monday, July 18, 2022 at 10:45 AM
- 🌙 88 °F
- Altitude: 2,474 ft
- United StatesMinuteman Missile National Historic Site43°50’40” N 101°54’13” W
107 degrees. Wow. Now 110!!
July 18, 2022 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 88 °F
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- Day 11
- Monday, July 18, 2022 at 1:58 PM
- ☀️ 106 °F
- Altitude: 2,448 ft
- United StatesKadoka43°50’9” N 101°30’37” W
SD for the night
July 18, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 106 °F
600 miles per day. Not much here but a good stopping point.
Went by Sturgis, Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse monuments without stopping (been there).
I’ll get some rest, dinner and hit the roadRead more
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- Day 12
- Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 6:00 AM
- ☀️ 72 °F
- Altitude: 2,444 ft
- United StatesKadoka43°50’9” N 101°30’29” W
Iowa Bound
July 19, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
6:00 AM departure. Just miles from Central Time Zone.
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- Day 12
- Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 10:00 AM
- ☀️ 84 °F
- Altitude: 1,109 ft
- United StatesDakota Dunes42°29’2” N 96°28’10” W
Lewis & Clark trail
July 19, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
Much of this trip crosses or follows the “Lewis & Clark” trail highway. Much is glorified by “wannabe” towns with doubtful ties to the actual event.
However, any time my route crosses aRead more
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- Day 12
- Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 2:00 PM
- ☀️ 91 °F
- Altitude: 1,027 ft
- United StatesLoveland41°29’49” N 95°53’54” W
Lewis & Clark Camp
July 19, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 91 °F
This leg crossed the Missouri River (massive river) and according to the monuments, was a L&C camp on their way west. There’s no physical representation remaining but Meriwether Lewis’ writingsRead more
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- Day 12
- Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 3:22 PM
- ☀️ 93 °F
- Altitude: 873 ft
- United StatesFairmount Park41°37’14” N 93°34’15” W
Arrived Grinnel, Iowa
July 19, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 93 °F
About 45 mins east of Des Moines, I took a quick ride north to see a spice plant I designed in Ankeny.
It was onions, pepper and garlic. One of my toughest commissions and one of the best. EvenRead more
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- Day 13
- Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at 6:00 AM
- ☀️ 70 °F
- Altitude: 712 ft
- United StatesOak Grove Park41°39’2” N 91°31’20” W
On To WVa
July 20, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
Final hotel before the home stretch. This will be the longest leg (675 miles) and I cross another time zone so it’ll be about 11 hrs driving, 12 hrs elapsed.
One striking thing I noticed whileRead more
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- Day 13
- Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at 3:00 PM
- ⛅ 90 °F
- Altitude: 548 ft
- United StatesPitch Branch38°39’16” N 82°51’39” W
Looky looky what i found
July 20, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 90 °F
Had to stop one more time.
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- Day 14
- Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 5:31 PM
- ⛅ 88 °F
- Altitude: 46 ft
- United StatesSandee Lake36°52’14” N 76°1’41” W
Home again. 5,536 miles
July 21, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F
“Crossed my wake” in Charleston, WVa at 5,265 miles. Not bad….not too bad at all.
Bit of fog in mountains. Stopped in Charlottesville to gas up (“only $3.25/gal) and to make my normalRead more
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TravelerNo where in our US is Buydem country....
TravelerHe got votes somewhere….albeit illegally in a lot of cases.
TravelerHe needs to go our country needs to move on and remember who we are! USA!
TravelerEven movie stars “threaten” to leave. Joe has never done that but I’d contribute to the costs.