Left
about 6AM, continuing east on I90. It was cloudy with rain belts in the offing.
I had a few until Billings, where they eased off. Nothing major that caused a
slow down, and as the traffic was very light, no spray. I layered up before
leaving this time, so kept the warmth in. It was cloudy until about Rapid City,
then the blue sky and sun appeared to give a pleasant riding afternoon. Roads
works were in abundance, mostly not just paving, but completely rebuilding the
eastbound lanes.
The
scenery through Montana and Wyoming was great, especially as distinct from last
time I passed through those States, it was bright green. Obviously it was now earlier
in the year, and I think they had had a fair amount of snow during the winter.
Certainly the mountains still had a lot of snow on them.
Photos
taken near Buffalo, Wyoming with the Bighorn Mountains in the background.
So on
into South Dakota, and the prairies. As I was passing by Sturgis, I decided to
have a look at the town in May. It was decidedly different than it will be in
two months time, extremely quiet would be an apt description. I think most people
there were tourists checking out the place. I took some photos of Main Street
whilst standing in the middle of the road.
The calm
before the storm.
It was
then east on I90, until reaching Chamberlain where I decided to bed for the
night. A couple of bridges connect the two parts of the town straddling the
Missouri River.
Crossing
the Missouri River.
Tomorrow
it is much the same, east on I90 until I39 where I will head south for I80 to
bypass Chicago.
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