The wind tearing across the plains rally gets tiring, it was bad a couple of days ago, but today it is taking most of my strength to keep in my lane. It is wild when you pass on the leeward side of a semi you immediatly start to launch towards the trailer becaue of how hard you are pressing to stay straight.

I was about as exhausted as I have ever been when I was looking for a room south in Minneapolis. The hotels I tried were full, but one of the clerks hipped me to a gas station / truck stop with rooms.

The idea of unpacking the machine to pull stuff up the stairs to my room seemed exhausting, and the owner clearly saw this. He took me to his workshop where he repairs trucks, explained he was the only person with a key and I could leave my machine in there fully packed.

He then outdid himself by hooking me up with the executive suite, which was $5 more than normal rooms, but had its own shower so I didn’t have to take a ticket and wait, and it also had a card table so I could play poker all night.

I truly wish I paid more attention to where this place was so I could send a thank you letter.

I did lots of little side-trips that I didn’t take snaps from, but tomorrow is just going to be grind to get the riding done.