D#22: Tooling along in interstate.

Much to my chagrin, left a great town with a stop to neat coffee shop' Dark side of the brew'. Long day (nearly 8hrs) and lots of miles (81) most of with was on interstate, which is actually quite nice! Double wide shoulders and long climbs vs short intense ones. Debate over which climb is 'better' still rages. Rolled into first big city (Bismarck) in DAYS. Will be first Starbucks/Fast Food

in like weeks! Imagine that. CANNOT wait to get bike fixed!! Nothing like climbing a hill at mile #80, in the rain and having your chain drop. On a side note, I'm pretty sure my legs spun faster than a blender till I realized I wasn't in a gear! BUT I magically managed to unclip before falling over. :) more pics soon! BTW: I think I'm in the land of the rare and endangered "scotcharoo". If you see one of these in its native habit, at once go through extrodinary measures to procure and consume said item.  It is my new life goal to eradicate said species.

North Dakota sunset.