Good weather, good roads, mostly tailwinds, mostly flat - what's not to like? We had a good ride today and entered state number 13- South Dakota.
We stopped at Casey's on the way out of town to supplement the meager breakfast offerings at the motel. The parking lot was full of bikes and bikers - this kind.
These guys were from Minnesota and headed to Red Lodge, Montana.
If you look closely, you can see a guy working on his mower, which broke down while mowing the right-of-way. He said his boss mows the right-of-way for free and in return gets all the hay they bale.
We stopped for a break in Frederick, SD. They have a Community Store, which we found is run by a membership co-op. The co-op was started in 1985 when the store owners retired. The community got together to buy and run it so they would have a store in their town. All the women working this morning were very friendly. One of them had her son, CJ, with her. He was a delight!
We could not identify this crop. Later we learned that they were cutting and baling cattails. Because of the drought and lack of forage, area farmers are harvesting anything they can.
We thought there was a retail farm equipment dealer fifteen miles past our last stop. I was counting on the next restroom! We got there and learned that it was a private farm. A couple of the guys working there were kind enough to let us use their bathroom.
Logan and Casey in the maintenance shop of L&O Acres.
As well as six combines. I figure that equates to about $10 million worth of equipment just in these 2 photos. I can not imagine how many pieces of smaller equipment it takes to run an operation of this size. Also note that there is not a speck of green to be seen!
And something we all have seen. I think it was phone booths inside buildings that had these seats. The outdoor phone booths were more utilitarian and less cozy.
There was a diorama of a prairie with depictions of the grasses and animals. I got a picture of the sign below it, but somehow I missed getting a picture of the exhibit.
