MARQUETTE – Day 24

Marshall, MN to Pierre, SD, 267 miles.  Started the morning off by changing the carburetor again, blasted zenith float valve just not making it,  okay on the road, but dripping like a leaky faucet at a stop.  So I am back to my original Tillotson, which seems to be doing okay after a complete disassembly and blowing out all the passages.  It was mostly two lane roads, started the day out following this rig,,,,

Lots of wind machines out here on the plains,,,,, and whoopee, it was blowing our way, a tailwind,,,, Meneely luck strikes again, 20 mpg!!!! Stopped at the Ingalls Homestead,,,, where Laura Ingalls Wilder grew up,,, These two children leaped onto the merry-go-round,,,, This is the little house on the prairie,,,, well okay, a replica.=,,,, In the shop, they had a rope making machine,,,, We actually spent a lot of time there today, had a cheese and cracker lunch on the bunkhouse porch,,   but finally hit the road again,,, on one of our gas stops, couldn’t resist taking a closer look at this monster grain bin on rubber tracks. Giant farm equipment for sale at every crossroads town,we looked at a lot of corn and wheat and soybeans today,  finished the day off just the way we started, behind a piece of farm equipment,  this guy was rolling down the road almost as fast as us. Interesting signs for today – Shade Tree Auto Repair,,, Hole in the Mountain Park,,, Prime Cut Ranch,,,