Day 33

Today we drove to Wisconsin, hadn't had an exhilarating drive like that since west Texas. Tomorrow we spend the day with one of our big suppliers Greenheck, so business all day tomorrow and in typical business style we begin at 7:30am, the guy said he'd give us a break and let us sleep in the next day... yeah... all the way till 9am! Guess I'll finally get some sleep when I get home.

Day 32

Drove pretty much accross the entire state of South Dakota, which is as exciting as it always is. Our views of corn were only obstructed by the seemingly constant road construction, guess they have to do it while the weather is warm. For those who have never seen it, stop in Mitchell and see the Corn Palace Casino. They change the look of the exterior every year by changing the design made by corn... hence the name. Almost stopped off and saw the people we hunt with out here but decided against it after wasting time with my credit card hunt after lunch. Really if you've never been before you should take the back roads from Rapid City to Mitchell, you see alot prettier country that way as well as seeing all of the VERY small towns such as "Gregory, the ground zero of Pheasantdom." That is where we hunt every year for those who don't know. Tomorrow, on to Wisconsin.

Day 31

Spent the day in Keystone which is the town closest to Mt. Rushmore. Of course went and saw Rushmore which is impressive in person, really not alot to do there other than to go see it. Keystone is a neat mountain town, but like most towns in South Dakota not a whole lot to do. We of course found the only two bars in town! The restaraunt we ate at had an interesting setup, to get a cocktail you have to order from a seperate waitress which gets drinks from the bar next door. The restaraunt and bar are under seperate management so you have to pay seperately. This invaribly led to me leaving my card there which I discovered at lunch on the way to Sioux Falls, luckily we were only 20 min out so we went back and got it.

We reccomend staying at Sturgis, the home of a HUGE motorcycle rally in August, and driving the hour to Rushmore to visit then drive back. Would deffinately be worth the drive to see Rushmore.

Day 30

Drove to Mt. Rushmore, which is in South Dakota in the Black Hills area despite where more than a few others have thought it was. Arkansas being the worst guess to date.

few more

Yellowstone

park city pics

Day 29

Today we drove to Sheridan Wyoming, this is our 1/2 way stop to Mt Rushmore. We'll pick this drive up tomorrow. Made it one more day w/o any speeding tickets! Montana is a beuatiful state in the summer. Don't know why anyone would stay here during the winter though.

Days 27 & 28

These days we drove through Yellowstone. Hard to really describe you'll just have to look at the pictures, we're working on them but there's alot. We hit the main things like the Hot Springs, Old Faithful, Paint Pot, Tower Falls, and petrified tree. We also saw buffalo, elk, deer, and other assorted wildlife. We covered almost all of the roads that you can drive in a car but that of course is a small percentage of the park. With all of the volcanic activity, geysers, and hot springs the rivers were not nearly as cold as you would think. Before I come back I need to learn how to fly fish. Other than that all you can really say is that it is a beautiful place.... in the summer.