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July 2016 Trip Wrap Up

Days Traveled: 24

Ending Mileage: 123,382  from 119,517

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July 28, 2016–Day 24–Mitchell, SD to Home

The Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD

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July 20, 2016–Day 16–Jeanette Lake to Bismarck, ND

The last few photos of one of our favorite campsites- Jeanette Lake.

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July 21, 2016–Day 17–Bismarck, ND to Theodore Roosevelt National Park North Unit

The best way to shake off having only a few hours of interrupted sleep – a warm breakfast.  A rare moment of eating out.

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July 22, 2016–Day 18–Theodore Roosevelt National Park–North Unit to South Unit

The full moon and the yipping coyotes woke me up on and off throughout the night.  I kept thinking I heard bison too, but it turned out just to be Cody a little congested with the dry air.  Thankfully it cooled off during the night and I actually had to pull out the sleeping bags in the middle of the night.  Site number 12 was a walk-in site, but well shaded and very nice. We had some pan fried granola and were on the Caprock Coulee Trail by 10:15.

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July 23, 2016–Day 19–Theodore Roosevelt National Park - South Unit to Spearfish, South Dakota

Scott woke up early for a 24 mile bike ride around the park.

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July 24, 2016–Day 20–Spearfish, South Dakota

Showers today!!!

We had intended to go climbing today, but it rained most of last night and kept drizzling a little bit into today. Plan B – Be Spearfish and Deadwood Tourists

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July 25, 2016–Day 21–Spearfish, South Dakota to Custer, South Dakota

Scott fit in a two hour mountain bike ride before 9:30. He said he liked the trail, but next time he is going to have me drop him off at the top since he said most of the time climbing up.

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July 26, 2016-Day22-Custer, South Dakota to Badlands, SD

Scott woke up at 7 and was in line by 7:15 to buy tickets at 8 for a Jewel Cave Tour. When Scott arrived there were already five people in front of him.  At 8am when he left the line was crazy long.  When we arrived for our 10:45 tour the line was still long.  When we finished our tour there were no longer any tickets left for the day.

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July 27, 2016–Day 23- Badlands,SD to Mitchell, SD

Scott woke up at 6:00 to get tickets for the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site. Tickets weren’t even being given out until 8am.