Coast2Coast Day 30: Hulett, WY to Spearfish, SD; crosswinds and headwinds, yet teamwork prevailed!

Leaving Hulett included waiting for convenience store/restrooms to open, watching Chris put some petrol into his bicycle, and having a bit of moisture along with headwinds greet our day on our bikes!  We found out that we had crossed into South Dakota (state number 5) when Daniel received a text from Veronika, who has been watching our progress from Sweden on an app!

We met up with Cathy for lunch in Jorgensen Park in Spearfish, stopped by Rushmore bikes to have Daniel’s rear tired changed out (and his transmission was cleaned too), and Cathy and Daniel made a run to Walmart (while Phil took a nap in our loft for the evening).  We celebrated Cathy’s birthday at Spearfish Brewery with Daniel and Cathy ‘tasting’ ten beers.  We stopped next door for dinner of shrimp Alfredo and a veggie burger for Cathy!  (She received ‘real’ biking shorts and a portable/compact projector and screen.). Included with the evening was some cultural education for Daniel through several episodes from Saturday Night Live, particularly Chris Farley’s motivational speech of ‘living in the van, down by the river!