I entered too. There are a lot of great options... I'd be interested in the California Winter Warmer ride, Montana ride, or the Sierra ride... However, getting to the starting point might be difficult.

SO, while I am a South Dakota resident and have been to the black hills many times, I've never biked there. Frankly, I don't understand how cyclists share the same roads as SO MANY tourists do. Plus, I don't get to go to the hills just for fun very often. I get there a few times a year for work. I think that if I won I would pick the Black Hill loop. It seems the best way to satisfy my desire to bike in that region. That'd be awesome. Though, I'm hesitant about the many many hills that we'd ride. I've not walked a bike up a hill in a long time. I'd be close on that ride. Snails might be faster than me.

However, that tour runs the same week as the Tour de Kota. I haven't signed up for that one yet.

One time when I was in Rapid for work I happened to be staying at the hotel where cyclists on the TransAm ride were lodging too. I asked them about their trip, but they seemed fatigued. They were only half way through the ride and were already anticipating home. I don't know that I would be doing that ride anytime soon. It's an awesome thought, but a LONG time to be gone. Perhaps when I retire in 30 years.