{"id":72,"date":"2007-08-27T13:49:08","date_gmt":"2007-08-27T19:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gregie.com\/neil\/words\/?p=72"},"modified":"2008-02-09T10:25:12","modified_gmt":"2008-02-09T16:25:12","slug":"tour-day-10-interior-sd-to-keystone-sd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gregie.com\/neil\/words\/blog\/2007\/08\/27\/tour-day-10-interior-sd-to-keystone-sd\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour Day 10: Interior, SD to Keystone, SD"},"content":{"rendered":"

99.46 mi \/ 8:56:07 time \/ 11.1 mph avg. \/ 36.5 mph max. \/ 4221 ft. climbing<\/strong>
\nStaying at Grizzly Creek National Forest Campground<\/p>\n

Neil’s Tour Day 10: An Epic Struggle in Two Acts<\/strong>
\n
\nACT I<\/strong>: 75 miles of riding WNW from Badlands National Park to Rapid City<\/p>\n

\"Badlands<\/a>
\nScene 1<\/em>
\n[Setting – Neil is seen amidst the Badlands shortly after sunrise, riding into a stiff headwind]<\/p>\n

Neil: “Man, can you believe this wind? This is ridiculous!”
\nPrairie Dogs: “Squeak! Squeak!”
\nEnd Scene<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Scenic,<\/a>
\nScene 2<\/em>
\n[Setting – Decrepit gas station\/store in Scenic, SD (reported population: 37, apparent population: 1) Foreign woman enters to speak to the last surviving member of the town, who is of a similar age as the town and falling apart just as badly]<\/p>\n

Foreign Woman: “Fouala?”
\nOld Man: “Food?”
\nForeign Woman: “Fowual?”
\nOld Man: “WHAT?”
\nForeign Woman: “Fuwol?”
\nOld Man: “Fuel! Pump 3.”
\nForeign Woman: “???”
\nOld Man: “THREE!” [Foreign Woman exits]
\nNeil: “This will be all”
\nOld Man: [slowly inspects food items with a magnifying glass, including Little Debbie Cherry Pie, Little Debbie Star Crunch, and Orange Powerade. Pushes buttons on cash register and points to total: $3.22]
\nEnd Scene<\/em><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
\nScene 3<\/em>
\n[Setting – Neil is seen crouched over the handlebars riding through the empty hills of South Dakota. The wind is even stronger than before; occasionally an old woman clinging to an umbrella will be seen flying through the air]<\/p>\n

Neil: “Man, can you believe this wind? This is ridiculous!”
\nLonghorn Steer [staring at Neil]: “………….”
\nEnd Scene<\/em><\/p>\n

INTERMISSION <\/strong> (serve McDonald’s Double Cheeseburgers in the lobby)<\/p>\n


\nACT II<\/strong>: 20 miles SSW and 1800 ft. up from Rapid City towards Mount Rushmore<\/p>\n

\"Advertisement(?)<\/a>
\nScene 1<\/em>
\n[Setting – Neil is seen climbing a 6% hill out of Rapid City, moving along at a brisk 6.5mph]<\/p>\n

Neil: “Man, can you believe this hill? This is ridiculous!”
\nPine Trees: “……….don’t we smell nice?”
\nEnd Scene<\/em><\/p>\n

\"US<\/a>
\nScene 2<\/em>
\n[Setting – Neil is seen flying down a 5% hill towards Keystone]<\/p>\n

Neil: “Can you believe that the northwest wind that was such a pain during Act I didn’t change direction, so it’s now a big help during Act II?”
\nNeil: “Yeah, that was pretty cool, and it made these 20 miles seem like nothing compared to the first 75”.
\nNeil: “Hmm, do you think you should really be talking to yourself, and referencing you own play within the dialogue?”
\nNeil: “Why not? You weren’t particularly concerned about the trees talking to you in the last scene”.
\nEnd Scene<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Grizzly<\/a>
\nScene 3<\/em>
\n[Setting – A helicopter shot (hopefully we can get the budget for this!) flying within feet of Lincoln’s 10-foot tall bouffant on Mount Rushmore, then swooping down the mountain and over the forest until it gets low enough to see Neil sitting at a picnic table in a beautiful campground, surrounded by tall pine trees and rocky cliffs, and typing on his laptop computer]
\nComputer: “clickclickclickclickclick”
\nSome Animal: “sqauw!………….squaw!”
\nGrizzly creek: “gurgle gurgle gurgle gurgle”
\nEnd Scene<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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