Our 2nd big bike ride took place in Hill City, SD. We had someone shuttle us and our bikes 10 miles outside of Hill City. There is a beautiful 100 mile rails to trails bike route “The Michelson Trail” in the area. We planned it so our 10 miles was a gentle descent with a view of the Crazy Horse monument in the distance. I could coast most of the way. But somehow Emma and Henry still had to do a fair amount of pedaling. I’m not sure if they haven’t figured out their gears or if there is just a physical law: shorter legs, smaller wheels mean you pedal more. On our last major ride in MO, Henry tried to set me straight. He looked like he was about to pass out from exhaustion. “You don’t understand. I have a little body. It only has a little place to store energy. You have a big body. You can store lots of energy.” We bailed on that ride midway through. Andy got the car and rescued us. But this ride was in the shade and downhill! We finished it just in time to grab the last two remaining slices of pizza at the pizza shop and a couple of beers and lemonade for our 1880 train ride. 
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