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| CG Art |
We got up Sunday morning planning to leave Forest City, but it was raining. So we got showered, planning to wait it out, but it rained and rained and rained. Finally about noon it let up, so we get on the road. We were not 5 miles into the trip when the rain hit again, drizzle, down pour, drizzle, downpour, but it only lasted about 1 - 1 1/2 hours before we finally got out of it. We finally get on route 90 and begin to notice all the motorcycles on the road, so for fun we started counting motorcycles, toy-hauler travel trailers and motorcycle trailers......wow, we got to well over 500 (all inclusive) but had to quit, to many. We had planned on getting into Mitchell, SD, but about 5:00 we were ready to pull over so we stopped at a 'Camp America' CG, about 45 min. short of a original plan. As it turns out, a nice CG, decent sites and about a mile off the highway, so no noise from that. We had burgers with corn on the cob for dinner, did a couple of loops with Rudy and head to bed about 10:00. 
Up on Monday, do some laundry then just lay around, enjoying the morning. We found a little area to let Rudy do some running, then we finally got a little ambitious and headed into town about 1:00. We did a geocache, checked out an old church, stopped at the grocery store, the meat market and a gas station. A cute little town but not much there, more farm implements in the town than houses. Back home for pork chops on the grill, a lot of walking with Rudy and a nice lazy evening. We are planning on getting up in the morning and hitting the road for about 300 miles (100 miles more than we normally allow ourselves), so it was nice to have a lazy day.  |
| Small Church at Rest Stop |
Today, Tuesday we got up and out of the CG by 9:30, stopped for gas and on the road again about 10:00. We stopped at the rest stop, mm301 for a break and to check out this cute little church we had read about and managed to do a cache while we were there, it made for a nice walk and good for stretching the legs. Back on the road, cheese/crackers, with a bologna stick for lunch, with some beautiful sites on the way. It is really hard to describe the vast nothingness out here, and the you go around the bend and for about a mile there is a field of sunflowers planted, or you'll see a small town. We came over this little rise, headed down a hill and there is the Missouri River, I know the picture doesn't do it justice, but it was beautiful. Then we are at the edge of the Badlands National Park and the landscape it breathtaking. There was a lot of nothingness, but some beautiful things as well. We finally get to Ellsworth AFB, find the campground, back in, put the jacks up and we are too un-level for them to level us. Well it's raining tonight, so we'll get the blocks out tomorrow. Dinner in, and at 9:00, Brad is off to bed....I'm sure I won't be that far behind.
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| Missouri River |
Thanks for the visit and we'll keep you posted on what we see
in the area.
Diane and Brad
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| Landscape near the Badlands |
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