Date:
14.06.2018
Altitude:
2526.2 ft (770 m)
Distance:
80.56 mi (129.65 km)
Total
Altitude: 80646.3 ft (24581 m)
Total
Distance: 3187.17 mi (5129.34 km)
Still
in North Dakota but it is my last day in North Dakota, tomorrow I
will enter Montana. Although I'm still in North Dakota I entered a
new timezone, today. I entered the Mountain Timezone, so I got an
extra hour and there are now 8 hours time difference to Germany.
It
was again a beautiful day to be on the bike. The sun was shining and
I had some tailwinds for most of the day. So it was great ride today. The wind during
the day was a great help, and let me make some distance fast. The
couple on their bikes I met just after I started for the day weren't
so happy, since they were going east. They started in Bend,OR and
will finish in Boston. The couple were not the only touring cyclists
I have seen today, later in the day I saw an older guy on his bike.
It seems the further west I go the more other touring cyclist I meet,
since most people seem to go west to east.
This
morning I started the day without breakfast, so I decided to get
something to eat later on in the route. I finally got a late
breakfast after about 40 miles into the trip, at a nice Diner in
Dickinson,ND. The food at the Diner was great and quite cheap. Since
I needed the energy for the the rest of the route, I decided to go
for the steak with eggs and hashbrowns and a side of french toast.
Since I had an extra hour today, I took my time before I got back on
the road.
Today
I stayed for the most part again on county roads/highways for most of
the day with little traffic. Only around Dickinson the traffic got a
bit thicker. But it was still not too bad. The terrain stayed hilly
with a general increase in altitude for most of the route and went
through grassland/farmland just as the last few days. With the the
tailwind I didn't mind the slight increase in altitude too much. The
scenery changed completely for about the the last 15 to 20 miles,
when I entered the North Dakota Badlands. Medora my destination for
today's route lies in the Badlands. I really enjoyed my ride through
the Badlands. I didn't go on the Northern Tier route through the
Badlands, since just before I entered the Badlands I decided to do a
small detour and use a gravel road for the last miles to Medora. I
used the gravel road, because the the Northern Tier route would have
used the interstate again and just like yesterday I did not want to
ride my bike on the Interstate. The
gravel road was again in a great condition , there was only a short
section that just got watered that kind of spoiled the ride on the
gravel road. After this short section my bike, my panniers and myself
were complete muddy, so again I need to find a place to clean my
bike. Other than that I had a great day on the road.
Conclusion
for the day:
Better
slow down on a watered unpaved/gravel road or you and your bike will
end up covered in mud.
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