Saturday, June 25, Richardton to Mandan, ND

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Slept in a little bit this morning and had the leftover sandwich from the Sit-N-Bull bar for breakfast. Today was also predicted to be quite windy, 20 to 28 mph, but was now a tailwind. It was only about 53 when we left and stay cool so we wore our tights for the first time in a while. We were thinking of stopping in Hebron to get something to eat and as we rounded a curve, we saw some bleachers with a whole bunch of pickups nearby (and also some porta-potties) so we stopped. There was going to be a mud run that afternoon for different classes of trucks from stock to souped-up to open class.  They would be timed running through about a 150 yd long mud pit. We learned that this mud run had been going on for about 10 years and it can take as little as 3 seconds to win the money for a souped-up model in the open class. They also had a food truck there so we were all set. The only thing hot to drink that they had was coffee so we had that and a couple cookies.  The food vendor grew up in Michigan and has lived for a number of years on a ranch by Beulah which is about 20 miles or so north of our route.  Going with the wind at our backs, we averaged 15.4 mph for the first 26 miles. But then we turned north for a few miles, and it was a rude change to about three to eight miles an hour. About 10 miles of today's 75 miles was again along interstate 94 which is also legal in North Dakota. Unfortunately, the shoulder had rumble strips extending horizontally almost all the way across the shoulder about 10 yards apart so it gave us only about a 18-in piece of pavement between the end of the rumble strips and the side of the shoulder for us to ride on.  This just made viewing North Dakota hard cuz we had to pay really close attention to the pavement. We were so thankful when our route took us back off the expressway again.   Reasons why one should not go to Culver's after a day of biking--we got the flavor of the day in one large "concrete mixer" to share.  We liked to so well that we got a second one.
Tractor at start of mud pit to keep it churned up for pickups

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  1. Bill and PennyJune 26, 2022 at 9:26 AM

    Amazed at how God puts just the right things in your path to take advantage of and to enjoy! I think you worked off the calories in your concrete mixers LOL! Prayed again for you today at church also!

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