Across America North day 28 rest day - Sioux Falls, SD
Today was a nice, peaceful day. Doing nothing is a highly underrated activity.
The hinge on my very important sunglasses broke a few days ago. I had the previous pair as a backup until I could take them to Lenscrafters. I was informed there that they were still covered by the protection plan and that Lenscrafters would replace them, frame and lenses, for $25. It took an hour and I had a new pair. You may count this as a testimonial for Lenscrafters.
Tomorrow, we're back in the saddle again and heading for the Minnesota line. I know that the wind still blows in Minnesota and there are still hills to climb but hope that the severity of each will be less there. I hope that Minnesota will be greener. It's certainly more populated --- a hundred miles between towns is a long way. The western states have their beautiful, sweeping panoramas but my taste tends toward scenery that is easier on the eyes and doesn't require industrial strength sunglasses.
Three days in Minnesota, four in Wisconsin, four in Michigan. Soon the state lines will be going by a little faster. This trip has been a month of continuous novelty with three weeks to go. West of the Missouri River, the trip seemed to go on forever but now, somehow, the end can be seen as a bump on the horizon becoming slightly bigger than it was a few days ago.
It rained here today. Maybe that lowers the probability that it'll rain tomorrow. There's only so much water up there, right? We've been very lucky so far with the rain.
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