Greetings all!
Yesterday we found ourselves in the midst of the most dramatic scenery I've ever seen... the Badlands of South Dakota. Amazing what time and erosion will produce. We toured as much as was possible without actually going down into the canyon. Since we didn't have the water and the requisite maps, that option was not available.
Kare here We arrived in Sioux Falls and had just settled down for a long autumn sleep, when what to our ears did we hear? The droning of the fire alarm at the Residence Inn. It was 1 am and most of the residents,that would be us, vacated to the parking lot waiting for the fire dept to arrive. Our room was saved, so we went back to sleep. En route to Keystone, had the thrill of seeing scores of prairie dogs popping out of their holes. Then in Badland Nat'l Park happened upon several herds of deer. And we drove for 35 miles through the Badland area. Now all I have to see is a bear, bison and where the antelope play. I would not want to be home, home on the range here. Way too isolated for my taste. Visited a mock up of a prairie home with sod walls and read the sign that the US govt hoped that the settlers starved to death before they had to turn over 160 acreas to them.
Today we're off to see Mt. Rushmore before we drive to Yosemite Nat'l Park. Oh, and forgot to mention that we did stop at the World's only Corn Palace in Mitchell. Now can we be official Midwesterners, Pam and Brian? Breakfast and Matt are waiting, so hope to check again tonight, if the Almighty internet allows it. Miss you all, Kare
Matt
