Today was a strange day. On the one hand I was super excited to visit Mt. Rushmore. On the other, I woke up in my cozy little cabin all curled up in a ball under the heavy blankets and it felt like I was leaving my underground den for the first day of Spring lol. I haven't slept that hard in a while, and that's really saying something considering how hard I've slept many nights after putting in hard rides. I REALLY didn't want to ride today, but being a holiday weekend everything was expensive, all the restaurants were crowded, and I'm also feeling a very strong urge to keep moving, so I forced myself to finally get going after dawdling the morning away. It was a pretty, but intense ride, with 4300' of climbing in less than 50 miles! Fortunate the wind and the weather was very good, and there were good roads and an amazing bicycle path to ride. It turned out to be a great day - but it was serious riding. Got to see a HUGE white mountain goat up (too) close, which was cool, and seeing the Crazy Horse memorial was cool too. I'll need to revisit this area again.