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State #39! South Dakota!
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Rolling hills along the Missouri River valley
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The long, lonely and beautiful road along the Lewis & Clark Trail between Bismarck and Pollock
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Yellow Missouri goldenrod, pink explosions of bergamot, and alfalfa blooming from lavender to purple lined the roadsides
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Evidence of the previous night's violent storm in Selby: scattered trashcans, an overturned dumpster, a downed powerline, and broken branches
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More storm damage in Selby
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More storm damage in Selby (we were in a tent that night!)
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Long and lonely roads of South Dakota
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Being bled to death by thousands of mosquitoes at the Geographic Center of South Dakota, a few miles northeast of Pierre, between fields of sunflowers and corn
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Retreat! Running away from the ravenous mosquitoes at the center of South Dakota
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Lovely in pictures, eh? Here lies the Geographic Center of South Dakota, amidst endless sunflowers and numberless mosquitoes
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Yes, you read that right, "Varmint" hunters association
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Long, open prairie roads in South Dakota (now filling with hundreds of thousands of bikers heading to/from Sturgis)
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More road photos from South Dakota
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Candy-striped fields after the wheat harvest
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Chatting with fellow touring cyclists Brian & Molly (from Portland)
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Brian & Molly Schultz, en route from Portland (OR) to Portland (ME)
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Chatting with a pair of the "Sons of Silence" at a roadside park in Hayes
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Chatting with a pair of the "Sons of Silence" at a roadside park in Hayes
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Dago shows Laura some photos from his motorcycle travels
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Many of the historical markers in South Dakota had this homemade look
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Waves in the prairie grasses
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A taste of the winds of South Dakota, between Pollock and Selby
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View of the Badlands of South Dakota
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Laura and Aaron at the Badlands
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This is no way to get Laura to go on a day hike!
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Cycling through the Badlands
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At an overlook before dropping down into the Badlands campground
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A water bag shower in Badlands National Park
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Riding through the Badlands scenic drive
