Wednesday July 11th was a great ay in several ways. First we passed not only the half way point of our trip in days but in the town of Huron SD we passed half way in miles as well. The ride itself wa uneventful 78 miles from Miller to DeSmet SD. The terrain stayed flat with more corn,wheat, hay and cows. The ever present head wind stayed with us all day just to remind us this is THE BIG RIDE ACROSS AMERICA. Had a good time in DeSmet as there were some things to see and it is a slightly bigger town(pop1875) than most we have seen lately. DeSmet is home to everything about Laura Ingalls Wilder from Little House On The Praire books. Then several riders went and had some beer to celebrate passing the half way point. After dinner we walked by an old fashioned barber shop and I went in and got a nice South Dakota flat top. All in all a good very good day.