Day 4

Day 4 was spent riding around the Custer Park Area. My first stop was at Mt Rushmore. Having only seen it on TV and in the movies with Cary Grant running across their heads (North By Northwest..great Hitchcock movie) I thought it was much larger than it is. Washington and Lincoln looked right but I hardly recognized Eisenhower and Reagan. Maybe the guy wasn't that good.

I met a cop from St. Louis PD. at Crazy Horse. He parked his bike next to me and said, "Am I gonna get my ten dollars worth here?" I figured he was a cop and it turns out I was right.
At Crazy Horse I took more pictures. Between the History Channel and 60 minutes I had seen the effort making each of these sculptures. Amazing since I can't even make a recognizable snowman out of Play dough..(Right Maddie).

Anyway, up to this point in my trip I had been stressed out over my computer. And then my boots started rubbing a bone on top of my right foot where it screws in to my ankle.

I was heading east on I-90 muttering to myself when I started seeing the Wall Drug signs. When I got to Wall, I went to Wall drug and bought a pair of boots made of the softest leather I have ever felt. I look forward to putting them on every day. Since there was no room on my bike for the boots, I told the guy to toss them out.

I then asked the shoe guy if there was a FEDEX or UPS store in town. I told him about my computer and how I wanted to send it home. He told me to see Miss Candee, the Postmistress. I told her about my computer. She told me to bring it to her. She bubble wrapped it and boxed it up. She ask if I had anything else to ship because there was so much room left in the box. I mentioned my boots. She told me to get 'em. I got back to the boot store as the garbage was going out the back door. After I got my boots the smart assed kid ask if I wanted to look through the rest of the garbage for more stuff. Miss Candee got everything boxed up, sealed up and shipped. She was the epitome of what a public servant should be and I intend to let the Postmaster General know about her.

Now I'm riding toward Sioux Falls S.D. with happy feet and no computer to worry about. As I was riding along at about 80 miles per hour, a crow hit me in the forehead and damned near knocked me out. He must have been flying along eating a grasshopper because there was grasshopper parts on my head and glasses. The crow got away.

I got to Sioux Falls at about 8:15 PM and had just enough time to get to a Best buy and get this little note book computer before they closed. I found a hotel, ate some dinner and went to sleep....All and all, a pretty good day... So far I have traveled 1972 miles.