Worthington, MN to Rapid City, SD What's hot: Badlands National Park Also hot: South Dakota Speed Limit: 75 mph The road: Clear, hot, dry, windy, windy, windy. 440 miles today, 2100 miles since July 6. Over half way to San Francisco. What's not: Travel cooties Travel lesson of the day: Moderation in all things, including travel distances. from Kathy: South Dakota: Land where high test gasoline costs less than regular, the legal speed is 75 mph, where temperatures go from 97 degrees at 2 p.m. to 56 degrees at 10 p.m. And did I mention the endless miles of wheat, oats, and wild grasses waving in the wind so continuously they remind us of the surface motion of Long Island Sound? Cornfields with rows so regular you could set your clock by the distances in between.
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