Yesterday

We lost cell phone coverage pretty quickly yesterday, and so the goal of posting pictures along the way went out the window pretty quickly.  It was an eventful, beautiful day, though.  We went west across South Dakota, and then dropped south into Wyoming through the Black Hills, and then a little bit west across Wyoming into Casper.  Along the way we saw some pretty incredible scenery and landmarks.  (Incidentally, the temperatures also climbed pretty steadily through the day, at least until the sun went down).

Some iphone pictures from the day...

Sioux Falls:




The famous Corn Palace of Mitchell, South Dakota (this brought back definite childhood memories):




The even more famous Wall Drug of Wall, South Dakota:




And Crazy Horse, which has undergone some significant changes since I've seen in last, about... 17 years ago.




We also stopped by Mount Rushmore, but I only took pictures with the real camera, and so I don't have any easy way of uploading them right now.

If you ever want unfettered access to any of these tourist sites, I recommend going on a weekday in January.  I don't think we actually saw any other tourists at any of these sites.  We had our own private viewing of the informational video about Crazy Horse Memorial.

Tim and I had a great time on the road yesterday.  The landscape was constantly changing, and absolutely beautiful along the entire drive.  Today the plan is to keep going through Wyoming, go through Salt Lake City (and visit the Salt Lake City Library, which is a building I've been really interested it), and then stop for the night somewhere near Winnemucca, NV.

The drive we made yesterday mostly retraces a trip that I went on in high school with my best friend Meredith and her family, and so it brought back lots of really good memories.   The drive we're taking today will retrace a trip that my mom and I made together when we were moving from Denver to Reno.  Lots more good memories.  Tim and I are having a great time making new memories together.

If we have signal along the way, I'll post, but I'm not expecting much...

Location:  Rawlins,United States