This morning, Scotty and I got up at 4:30 AM for a bike ride. Since all the kids are sick, we wanted to leave early to be back early. Last year when we were here, Scotty and I put together this bike ride. We've been wanting to do the ride ever since. Now that we are back, we are doing it!!! It's a long one and we haven't been training much, so I was hoping to not die. Scotty and I just decided to take it slow and take breaks.
Then after Custer State Park, we rode over to Crazy Horse Monument. We were able to ride in and get as close as they would let us to take pictures. This were we took our first break. They let us in the museum to use the restrooms and to hit the gift shop. Then we ate food and proceeded on our ride!
We climbed many hills to our next stop, Mt. Rushmore. This part was harder. Scotty and I were getting tired. We took another break there for pictures and food. We had like three different groups of people say that they have been following us all day, from Crazy Horse to Mt. Rushmore. I guess they were driving and had seen us at both spots. They all thought we were crazy! We love being crazy.
After Mt. Rushmore, all we had to do was ride back to Hermosa. On our way down to Hermosa, we met other road riders. We talked to them for a while. They are all from Rapid City. Introducing Chad, Dawn, Brent and Tiffany. Now we have riding friends if we ever come back here;)). The ride ended up being about 78 miles with over 6,000 feet of elevation gain. We were so tired when we got back. The ride knocked both Scotty and I out for the whole day. It's probably a good thing that the kids were sick because they didn't want to do anything. We ate and watched movies the rest of the night. Then, by the time I went to bed, I had a sore throat too :(. They got me.
You guys are fantastic! I hope everyone feels better soon.
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