I'm hoping to take a few days at the start of July to ride out to the badlands east of here and explore a couple of ghost towns, an abandoned coal mine, and some not-yet-ghost towns. It will be my first little tour and on the first and last days I'll have 99 km rides with no towns, restaurants, gas stations, or stores so I need to plan a bit more than I usually do. I'll carry a tent and sleeping bag but I'll be able to buy food each day, so that cuts down on the carrying.