The weather was much better in the morning, sunny and nice temperature. After filling up the bikes we set of towards Valentine and arrived there just after lunch. On the way we stopped in a surreal little town, Johnstown NE, that still has some old building, a bank, drugstore etc.
The L-Bow Room, run by Ruth and her husband, is the “centre” of activity in town and she gave us all the history of Johnstown. After promising that we would send a postcard from home to let her know we arrived home safely, we continued on our way.
Just before we got to Valentine we ran into a beautiful old railway bridge across the Niobarra river (sounds almost Aboriginal that name ;). The bridge was converted into a footpath and we decided that it was perfect for a motorbike path as well. So we did some filming of that before we continued towards Valentine. The sights from the footpath are awesome.
When we got to Valentine we disrupted traffic quite a bit with our filming the riding down the main street. Luckily the view of the camera makes people very forgiving about those sort of things. We had lunch in a classic American style restaurant, flowery carpet on the floor, fluorescent lighting, American flags on the cheap plastic tables, brilliant !! The service was excellent, fast and friendly and the food was typical heartland America food.
As it was still early we decided to take the scenic route and ended up in Interior in the Badlands. A beautifully desolate area in South Dakota that is normally very hot but right now it is only 25 degrees C. We’re staying in the only motel in interior that overlooks some of the mountain ranges of the Badlands, a gorgeous sight.
The L-Bow Room, run by Ruth and her husband, is the “centre” of activity in town and she gave us all the history of Johnstown. After promising that we would send a postcard from home to let her know we arrived home safely, we continued on our way.
Just before we got to Valentine we ran into a beautiful old railway bridge across the Niobarra river (sounds almost Aboriginal that name ;). The bridge was converted into a footpath and we decided that it was perfect for a motorbike path as well. So we did some filming of that before we continued towards Valentine. The sights from the footpath are awesome.
When we got to Valentine we disrupted traffic quite a bit with our filming the riding down the main street. Luckily the view of the camera makes people very forgiving about those sort of things. We had lunch in a classic American style restaurant, flowery carpet on the floor, fluorescent lighting, American flags on the cheap plastic tables, brilliant !! The service was excellent, fast and friendly and the food was typical heartland America food.
As it was still early we decided to take the scenic route and ended up in Interior in the Badlands. A beautifully desolate area in South Dakota that is normally very hot but right now it is only 25 degrees C. We’re staying in the only motel in interior that overlooks some of the mountain ranges of the Badlands, a gorgeous sight.
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