I can ride longer distances, I just have to be patient and pace myself.
I have to play around with my handlebar position to address my hand numbness and trapezius soreness.
Sunscreen and bug spray and breathable second-skin bandages are important things to have every day on the tour.
Seeing the country by bike allows you to see and appreciate things that are impossible to see and appreciate by car, and that applies both to flora/fauna/geology and to human action and human history.
This country is vast. Vast.
The courage, intrepidness, and iron will of the people who explored and settled the American frontier are mind-boggling.
The last two really strike me. What wimps we are (well, not you four).
I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this blog, and think you ought to do another ride so I can read about it.
I just got back from driving around South Dakota and while on US 281 thought that I would like to ride my bike from Aberdeen, SD to Parkston, SD just so I could enjoy the scenery more and really BE in nature.
Thank you for keeping a log of your journey, it was awesome to read.