Infinity and beyond

Friday 5/25 Day 35
I planed to make this my longest riding day of my trip at 120 miles. I was thinking this because it was flat and there was really nothing to see in the area of South Dakota. There is something about this trip and trying to push myself physically that has been driving me. I'm definitely a long distance or endurance athlete but it is always fun to see how far I can go, what's the limit. Well a long story short, but will be explained a little later, I road the 120 miles today.
I woke up a few times in the middle of the night, a couple cars came by a few kids walked by but as I said in the last post no buddy messed with me. Could be because they saw my huge guns and didn't want trouble. Yes the guns I'm referring to are my legs and I do have permits. Lol in all reality my legs have not changed size. Even the calves are still the tiny Ericson calfs but they are strong and ready for anything given to them now. I slowly packed up this morning having to pick off almost 20 moths from all my wet gear. The birds loved me for it because I gave them a free meal. They would pick up four or five moths at a time and run away with them. Once done with packing I went and got my own breakfast at McDonald's. First time eating food their in a while, but their breakfast burritos are pretty good. Once energized I hit the road.
Today was a day where my mind wondered and created things. One thing I created was the "Move the Herd" game. All you need is a cow herd and you on a bike. The objective is to get a cow herd that is standing still to move and start running. Now I did this by screaming, singing, making weird noise, anything to get their attention. It's harder than it looks I only got one to move all day! But when they did they were running scared. Also around some of the horse herds I tried to do little whistle calls to see if any of them would follow me. I got that inspiration from the movie War Horse. Worst movie ever, don't see it. But let's just say none of the horses followed me. On my journeys I have heard of people going cross country on horse and even horse and wagon. That would be interesting to see.
It was a nice and cool day and I was outrunning the rain clouds all day. I was planning to camp at the city park in Huron tonight except I got a call from someone I left a message with a couple days back, Mike from warm showers. When I got the message, about twenty miles from town, that I could stay with him I was pretty happy that I did not have to sleep through another down pour. And it turned out to be an interesting night.
In a short time when I got to his place I realized where I was staying was not an apartment building but an out patient treatment center for patients with metal illness. Missed the sign going in. It turned out fine, Mike was a great guy who gave chelo lessons and played the piano at church on Sundays. The cleanliness was not to desirable, vomit on the toilet, trash and food on the room floor, and a fish head in the fridge. Haha yea. His friend Victoria made us a great dinner of spicy beans and rice, much better than my food. After dinner we went to the store got some food for my trip, beer, and came back and had a few beers. He was very insightful to talk with. One of the things he mentioned about his treatment that caught my ear was that he was being funded for disability. He told me he doesn't think he is disabled but when he is told that he is and given money for it he struggles creating his own identity rather than fall into the dependent role. It made a lot of sense, it can enable people to be lazy and unproductive when things are just given to them. Funny thing is I'm just reading that same idea in the book I'm reading, Atlas Shrugged. But it is a challenging idea; how much do we help others before it becomes disabling? I have yet to discover a perfect answer for it:). I'll save that one for later. The night ended well, but the fridge smelled pretty bad.