The ride today was cold and wet.  We rode from Mitchell, SD to Chamberlain, SD, a ride of 75 miles, and it rained on and off for the entire day, but we saw some more interesting things.  We rode past a herd of longhorns, and then just past that, a herd of bison ran along with us for a bit, they may have wanted to join in on our ride.  I think it may be the first time I have seen bison live and in person, so I was excited about that.  We also got lost for a bit today, so added about 8 extra miles to our route, but it was ok, days don't seem long any more unless they are over 100 miles or in really bad weather or rain.  Thats the good thing about really hard days, they make the rest of the trip a lot easier to bear.  The end of the ride had a really nice downhill into Chamberlain, which is located on the Missouri River, and we are about to begin to see the prettier hilly side of South Dakota.

Animals seen - Bison, Longhorns, turtles

States traveled through:14(NY,NJ,PA, DE, MD, DC, VA, WV, OH, IN, IL, WI, MN, SD)
Distance today: 83 mi
Total Distance traveled:  2179 mi