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Helloo Murdo!

Today, we rode about 72 miles to Murdo, SD.  There were awesome clouds this morning, some that made us think it was going to rain.   But sure enough, the sun popped out and was out for the rest of the day, which was very hot.  Lunch break involved the usual peanut butter jelly and some music and dancing along side the road.Some of the team members ran into a man who is biking across the country solo; Seattle to D.C..  His daughter is driving along as his support vehicle.  It was very cool to spend a good while sharing stories of what we have seen and will see.The rest of the night went well.  We were able to shower :) and made lentils and rice on the camp stove (there was no stove for us to use at the stayover).  After dinner, we had a team meeting about safety precautions with snakes and RVs that we might start seeing in the near future.Fortunately, there are 2 ice cream shops across from the stayover.  So most of us took the opportunity to enjoy some tasty goodies.  Other than that, a few people shot hoops in the school gym and the night calmed down.  We are all super excited for the Badlands tomorrow!