Pierre, South Dakota

So here we are in Pierre, at the end of map number 2. It's been an arduous week, and it looks like it will continue to be so...cold weather, rain, wind. Today was especially bad. In the 50's with rain and hills the whole 60 miles here. We made it though and managed to stay relatively positive. We stayed at a campground just outside of West Brule last night. Today we saw almost no sign of civilization until we got here! A few cars on the road, a house here and there and fences. The road we were on was the only one within sight, besides that it was all hills and grass and horses and cows! About halfway through our ride we found an old abandoned church to eat lunch in (it was only a little bit creepy). There was a tiny little cemetary outside of it with a couple newish graves covered in flowers and things-one had a lasso and a bunch of unopened cans of beer!

South Dakota has been pretty, but I have a feeling our memories of it will be marred by all this bad weather. We've had 2 good days out of our week here. We'll have to come back in a car someday when the weather won't affect us so much!

It looks like after we leave this town we don't have much for a little while, so I'm not sure when I'll be able to blog next. The farther northwest we go the less there is...i think we have one ride in Montana thats 90 miles between town! (don't worry mom and dad, theres a campground with water halfway...we'll be ok :)) So for now, adieu and don't let the rain get you down! We aren't!