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Several times during yesterday’s ride to Deadwood from Hill City on the Mickelson Trail, Rich and I found ourselves giggling over how much beautiful fun we were having.

Gary decided to take an extra day off to regain full strength, and drove his car to meet us in Deadwood.

We are impressed with the quality of this trail and the attention to detail in their trail stops. They are nicely spread out and offer shelter, seating, hand-pumped well water, bike tools stations, and pretty respectable toilet facilities.

There is a lot of historical information provided on signage at each stop, as well as along pertinent locations along the entire 109 miles of the trail.

The leg we rode yesterday has four tunnels that added nicely to our adventures.

The Mickelson Trail won’t meet every cyclist’s standards for level of challenge, but I found it to be an ideal combination of gorgeous different landscapes with respectable mile options that are being well maintained.

The cost of the trail pass is easily worth the giggle-worthy adventures available to a wide range of people with bicycle skills.

I’m excited to be able to ride back to Hill City on this same route today.

Even though we’re still not counting, the distance of this leg is 51 miles.

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