Rapid City, SD → Interior, SD → White River, SD → Ainsworth, NE

South Dakota is not exactly a road bike friendly state--at least not the roads we were on. However, the genuine and friendly people we met at every juncture more than made up for it.

After being thoroughly beat up on gravel side roads and few rumble-strip filled miles on the I-90 shoulder (all in effort to avoid several thousand feet of additional climbing were we to pedal through the Black Hills) our bikes needed serious TLC.

Rapid City was our last opportunity to change out Kate's rear tire until at least Omaha. All of the jarring on my bike resulted in a super loose front fork.