After having a sunny and warm day yesterday (was up to 87F) this day started out cool (45F) and very overcast as we departed Keystone and headed for Rapid City, SD. After a brief stop at the local Kawasaki store for a an adjustment to the throttle, we were off East on I-90 to Murdo. We skipped Badlands National Park because of the gravel roads, motorcycles and gravel don't mix well you know.Murdo was another place not to spend too much time in, same goes for Wall, SD, both have gas stations and an assortment of tourist traps, like Wall Drug store, with miles and miles of billboards all the way along I-90.
At Murdo one turns South on US83 with the final destination of North Platte, that of course if the weather cooperates, which of course it didn't. We got within 10km of Valentine, NE when the big thunder storm which was moving West hit, the NOAA Weather Radio I carry went ballistic!!, there were 8 Warnings for our area, golf ball size hail, severe lighting, rain 2" per hour (monsoon), winds to 80+ MPH, tornado watch, and very Dark!!!
We arrived drenched at Valentine, but I had moved the reservation to Valentine from North Platte some hours earlier, you don't spend all these years on the road not to be able to read the weather.
Valentine had a very old grain elevator, and was on a 312mile rail trail, which had all the bridges in tack, looked very interesting.
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