After 30 hours in the car (1550 miles) we are now in Gillette, WY! Our trip started out great. Took I90 to stay north of predicted bad weather...yeah, right! During Alex' turn to drive (midnight to 3am, since he is the night owl) we hit some hellacious weather - unbelievable lightning, torrential rain...eventually we had to stop because they shut down I90 west due to flooding. We slept in the car for 2 hours at a truck stop in Austin, MN, snuggled up to about 30 tractor trailers. Around 5:30am we decided to go for it. Finally got rolling again. Fairly easy ride rest of the way. FYI, South Dakota takes FOR - EV - ER to get across...
We went through the Badlands & took a few short hikes. It's pretty cool! Had to stop at Wall Drug in Wall, SD. You see about a million billboards for it, for 400 some miles.
We are looking forward to a good night's sleep, then off tomorrow to Pryor Mt. and the wild mustangs!
Oh yeah, in case you are wondering, across the country gas prices are around $4/gal. Wyoming is cheapest so far - $3.77. And no, no rattlesnakes or Bears yet:)
4 comments:
This is so cool, keeping up with you from back home! I was wondering about you guys with the weather. All those small towns you're driving through? Just like the one I lived in, in Kansas. Hot here, and humid! Write more; I want to read more! Hugs to my boys, and watch out for them thar bahrs...
WoW everything looks so cool. I love the pictures esp the one with nugget pretenting Alex is not driving! Hope you get intertet soon and can send more pic's and news. Hope it is cool in the mountains. If you see snow be sure to send a picture. Love, K
It's exciting reading your commentary! I feel like I'm right along on the journey. I've always wanted to see The Badlands and Wall Drug--can't wait to see your pictures.
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