Wow...

Yesterday was a very exciting day.  We started in Sioux Falls and headed west... fairly full to start, although we did enjoy the 75 mph speed limit.

We traveled into the mountain time zone, which was good, because we had a lot of exploring to do.  We saw fields of sunflowers and amazing views.  Then we turned off into the Badlands.  Wow.

We saw bighorn sheep, prairie dogs, and the most amazing rock formations.  God is so creative!!  

We stopped off at Wall Drug, which was cool.  Good ice cream, though!!

Next stop, Mount Rushmore!!  So neat!!

This trip has seemed a bit surreal!!  Hard to believe we're actually here!!

We drive in to Devils Tower, Wyoming....

The rock is gorgeous, but the weather was BAD.  We set up our tent, then hurriedly packed it up again as the bad weather neared.  We drove to Gillette to find a hotel and it was an UGLY drive.  UGLY.  Hail, wind, torrential rain.  Thank God they put reflectors up on the side of the road.

Anyhow... We had a decent night's sleep and now we're off to Yellowstone.  I'm hoping the precipitation will finally come to an end...