Start Location: Redwood Falls, MN
Ending Location: Kadoka, SD
Miles Today: 407
Trip Miles: 2575
States Visited: 6
National Parks Visited: 2
Low Temp: 61.0° F
High Temp: 87.4° F
Min Elevation: 986'
Max Elevation: 2486'
Route Map:
Voyageurs 2025 Day10
We are in Kadoka, SD.
If you've never heard of it that's not too surprising. The population
as of 2020 was 543 and the only reason we are staying here is that it
is approximately 400 miles from our last hotel in Redwood Falls. There
are only 2 restaurants listed here and one is right outside our hotel
so that's where we ate tonight. We're staying at an America's Best
Value Inn and at $99.00 it's the cheapest room we have stayed in for
years. There are not too many amenities but it is clean and quiet.
Today
was a slog - 63 more miles on US-71 and then the rest on I-90. The good
thing is that it was dry and very comfortable temperature wise. The bad
thing is that we are planning 476 miles tomorrow, the longest day we
have had in years. There is a route that is shorter by 50 miles but
only 10 minutes shorter in time. The shorter route takes us through
much less inhabited areas and rural roads. If we take the longer route,
we are on I-90 all day with guaranteed rest areas and gas stops. We
will probably need those gas stops since I am going to try to up our
speed a little. The speed limit is 80 and we have been doing 70 which
means we have a lot more people passing us.
Not much good to
say about today's ride. There was a lot of construction but it didn't
slow us down all that much. We also had a brief slow down when we
encountered a load of hay that had been dumped on I-90. Fortunately it
only covered one lane and we were able to get around it. We also saw
the many South Dakota Veterans Memorial (site seems to have some serious HTML issues) on one of our gas stops as well as the Dignity Statue outside of Chamberlain, SD which honors the Lakota and Dakota people.
Tomorrow we will be staying in Laurel, MT and we have already booked a much nicer room for the night.
