June 1--Black Hills

Today was an awesome day.   I only climbed 10 floors at the hotel because we wanted to get going, though I also did bear crawl and broad jump in the hallway.  Then we got going.  First we walked around Mt. Rushmore, then headed to the Mickelson rails-to-trails bike path.  We walked 5 miles on that and then I biked 14.6.  I wore my vibram shoes for the walk--my feet have never felt better.  The bike ride involved a long uphill followed by a long downhill.  So a very slow 1.5 hours followed by a fast 30 minutes.  Here are some pictures from the walk and bike ride.

The facilities along the trail are very nice:  shelters, bathrooms, water.