Day 25 - Kadoka to Chamberlain

TOUGH DAY!  About 116 miles with about 2,800 feet of climbing.  We pretty much had a head wind from the moment we left breakfast to the time we got to the hotel.

The day started with breakfast at Steakhouse 27 in Kadoka.  I thought it was pretty cool seeing all the bikes lined up in front of the restaurant.

As soon as we left breakfast, at about 6 AM, we felt the headwind; ugh, the day did not start out fun and it was a trudge, all the way through.  It was a pretty strong head wind.

About 20 miles into the ride, we hit the tour's official half way point.  Pretty much the hi lite of the day.

Then, sometime around mile 40, we went into the Central Time Zone.  So now after battling the wind for 40 miles (about 75 miles left to go), it just got an hour later to finish up today.  In a nut shell, we got to the hotel about 7 PM.

We were told that dinner was from 5-7 PM, but they set it up for Staish, Bob and I to go to dinner at about 8:30, after rap.  Bob, another rider on the tour, also got back about 7 PM too.

The only thing we saw of interest in my opinion, was a caravan of tractors.

The day ended with nine miles on I-90 and then about five more miles on a service road and then a cool bridge over the Missouri River and then a left into the hotel.