We arrived in Minnesota with little fanfare. After leaving Watertown, South Dakota we rolled along Highway 20 (South Dakota) and found the roads immediately improved a bit upon entering Highway 40 (Minnesota).
As a group we often enjoy stopping at the borders to take a picture of the "Welcome to (fill in the state) ___" sign. But in this case, my dear adopted state didn't have any such sign. So our volunteer staff who route our course each day with yellow arrows telling us where to go spray painted a line in the road and wrote "MN" on one side and "SD" on the other. This simple mark on the road was all we needed to take photos and enjoy crossing one more state together.
As you can expect we continued to roll along lots of corn fields and farms and 84 miles later we arrived in Montevideo, MN. My general course of action is to ride through each town, find the local coffee shop, bike shop and library -- noting the hours of each. That gives me a feel for how to plan each afternoon.
Strange thing happened last night. Many of us were sleeping in our tents in a field next to the Watertown Middle School. It rained for several hours. But then a wind came through and, for the most part, dried them out -- at least much more than I expected. I continue to sleep hard each night which has been a blessing.
Okay -- off to the coffee shop! Glad to be in Minnesota.
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