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Wednesday, April 22, 2009


Well, this Lutheran church will be home for the night. There is even a 3 hole outhouse out back, complete with toilet paper. After 58 great miles we are in the TINY town of Bingham
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  1. Dean SimmonsApril 23, 2009 at 5:14 AM

    Cal & Dee, Looks like you're near the top of your long climb -- the elevation in Alliance is just under 4,000 feet -- so you have less than 200 feet to go. Then you should have a nice downhill ride to Chadron and on into South Dakota. Enjoy!

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  2. Dean SimmonsApril 23, 2009 at 9:58 AM

    Cal & Dee, I realize that South Dakota is still some days in the future, but there are some interesting sites there if you have time and interest. Custer State Park has a large buggalo herd and scores of begging burros that are very aggressive about obtaining food from humans. I don't know how they'd react to trikers. Then there's Mount Rushmore and as I recall, the highest point in South Dakota is nearby. It's called Harney Peak and is 7,000+ feet high. The hiking route is 3.5 miles one way. A little farther north is Deadwood where Wild Bill Hickock met his untimely end while holding a full house of aces and eights -- the famous dead man's hand.

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  3. Dean SimmonsApril 23, 2009 at 2:26 PM

    Cal & Dee, I just noticed that you're close to where author Mari Sandoz lived. If you're looking for a good read, see if you can find her biography of Crazy Horse, the Sioux chief who participated in the Little Big Horn massacre of Custer & his troops and who was murdered at Fort Robinson, which is also close to where you are. You're now in Sioux country -- so the book will have even more meaning. Dean

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