Great day of riding heading into Wyoming. Spent most of the day off the motorways travelling along winding  roads through scenic parks and small towns. Started the day with misty mountain roads as we left Rapid City and made our way through the Black Hills, hit some patches of fog which made the trip a little challenging in parts but lent the area an air of mystery.

Rode through Sturgis, home of the internationally renowned bike rally that attracts half a million people (where do they fit them all) and onto Deadwood of Wild Bill Hikock fame, now a historical 'wild west' looking town full of mini casinos funding the restoration of the historic sights, seriously seems to be old style pokies in every building.

We meet a group of local riders who were riding the same route and they gave us some great recommendations that we can hopefully fit into the trip, if lucky we might catch them again at a future date.

From Deadwood through more forest and canyons, with the road just a picture perfect dream, onto Devils Tower monument. Here we stopped to check out a field of prairie dogs - way cute and kind of like jolly looking meerkats, full of antics. Then onto the tower itself a massive stone structure seeming to be rising from nowhere, here I took the 2km walk around the base to check out the views from the other side - it was good to stretch the legs for a bit.

Now in Gillette, Wyoming for the night and will continue west in the morning.