Wednesday August 27

Sheriden, wyo- $3.81

On the road again. We are off and running. Have a bit of a plan today. We are going to drive through the badlands in South Dakota. And depending on time we are going to try and make a detour down to Mt. Rushmore. I think today should be a good day.

Kum and go gas station- Gillette, wyo

Campbell county rock pile museum

Gillette, wyo- $3.57

We just passed devils tower. It is amazing how it really just sticks up out of the middle of no where. The land is much flatter now. Its odd how you can be in the foothills one minute and be in a flat valley the next. It's definitely interesting to see.

Well we just hit the rest area in sundance, wyo. I have to say it's a lot nicer then the ones in Washington. It's really beautiful here. Large Valleys with huge hills just sticking up in the middle. Lots more trees then the northern Wyoming or where we came from. Were just on the boarder right before south Dakota. Our time zone will be changing again before we know it.

Rapid City, SD-$3.74

Kadoka, SD- $3.75

So we went up to Mt. Rushmore today. It was super neat to actually see it. It just looks so natural like it was suppose to be there. When we came back down we saw two mountain goats just sitting there. It was awesome. We also kept seeing these billboards for Wall Drug. At first I wasn't exactly sure about it but then the signs just got out of control...seriously. There was a sign like ever 2 miles (even less when we got closer). So we just had to stop and see what the hell this place was. It was the largest place in the city of Wall, SD. You could get just about anything there. We took pictures of us on a giant Jackalope. :) We got dinner there and then started driving through the badlands. But we couldn't really see anything, one, because the sun was setting and two because we didn't take the scenic loop. Oh well. I am excited to get to our hotel and relax. I am sure the cats will be happy to stretch their legs too. Last night they were u all night walking around our room. I don't blame them they sleep all day in the car. Who wants to do that for 8 more hours...lol.