Dodge to Watford City
Today was a hard day. Possibly the longest day of riding we've had yet. The combination of head winds and rolling hills kept us from ever getting a good speed going. You would think that the 20 miles extra we did yesterday was harder, but it wasn't even close. We made it through yesterday without any bike problems, but the ugly beast struck again. This time a broken cable for the rear derailure on Armin's bike. This happened before a pretty sizeable hill that I had to go to my lowest gear to get up. Armin was stuck in a gear 7 to 8 times harder. I really don't know how he had the strength to make it up. When this trip is over, Armin gets the strongest heart award for sure.
Anyways, as a result of the bike issue we are going to take a slight detour to make it to a shop tomorrow. Hopefully we will still make it into Montana by the end of the day.
One nice thing about this hard day was passing through the Badlands. I've never known much about the area, but it is very beautiful. I don't think pictures will do it justice. It was nice to have the canyons to look at instead of hay farms.
Here in Watford City we are staying at Tourist Park. Nice little joint East of town.
