Getting there is half the fun!?!?!
Well, it's been four days on the road and we're finally in South Dakota!!
We've been keeping ridiculously accurate records of mileage, expenses, etc. because, well, because there is really nothing else to do when driving through the Midwest for four days straight. Oh, except for scanning the sky for funnel clouds. Sunday was Western PA which was pretty with lots of farms. Monday was Ohio (yuck!) ending up in Laporte, Indiana (not much different from Ohio). Tuesday we crossed Illinois to reach Waukee, Iowa. After Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois I thought Iowa was kind of pretty. Today it was the rest of Iowa ending up in Mitchell, South Dakota. Home to the world’s only Corn Palace!!! We're there tomorrow :) before we drive the last 200+ miles to get into Badlands National Park.
Kitty has been an exceptional feline of course and the campgrounds have turned out to be pretty decent. Oh, except for the serial killer I decided to name Toby. He lived in a shed at the campground in Indiana. Lil' creepy!!!
Here's a synopsis of what we've been looking at for the past four days.
Farm after farm after farm after ...
this just happens to be one in Iowa.
But here's what some of you have really been waiting for ...
Seamus "Rust" O'Rudder in Iowa!!
Seamus is our "traveling gnome" if you will, or the foam finger for some of you ;)
Seamus is a leprechaun (obviously!) that our friend Patrick brought back from Ireland after Dan's request for a Mexican from Arizona was denied.
We hope to bring you more pictures of Seamus' adventures at some point. Oh, and there will definitely be one of Dan walking Kitty.
I better hit the shower. It's full hook-up tonight, we're livin' large!!
We've been keeping ridiculously accurate records of mileage, expenses, etc. because, well, because there is really nothing else to do when driving through the Midwest for four days straight. Oh, except for scanning the sky for funnel clouds. Sunday was Western PA which was pretty with lots of farms. Monday was Ohio (yuck!) ending up in Laporte, Indiana (not much different from Ohio). Tuesday we crossed Illinois to reach Waukee, Iowa. After Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois I thought Iowa was kind of pretty. Today it was the rest of Iowa ending up in Mitchell, South Dakota. Home to the world’s only Corn Palace!!! We're there tomorrow :) before we drive the last 200+ miles to get into Badlands National Park.
Kitty has been an exceptional feline of course and the campgrounds have turned out to be pretty decent. Oh, except for the serial killer I decided to name Toby. He lived in a shed at the campground in Indiana. Lil' creepy!!!
Here's a synopsis of what we've been looking at for the past four days.
Farm after farm after farm after ...
this just happens to be one in Iowa.
But here's what some of you have really been waiting for ...
Seamus "Rust" O'Rudder in Iowa!!Seamus is our "traveling gnome" if you will, or the foam finger for some of you ;)
Seamus is a leprechaun (obviously!) that our friend Patrick brought back from Ireland after Dan's request for a Mexican from Arizona was denied.
We hope to bring you more pictures of Seamus' adventures at some point. Oh, and there will definitely be one of Dan walking Kitty.
I better hit the shower. It's full hook-up tonight, we're livin' large!!
posted by Dan and Cyn | 7:41 PM
1 Comments:
Good morning from Mountainhome! We are still sunny and dry, but we are supposed to be getting some rain showers the next few days. The temperature is predicted to get to 75F today. I see from the NWS website that SD is still cool to cold. As for the farms, at least it is not paved - green is nice, no matter how boring it may seem. It looks as if that $100 check, for gas, will not be waiting for you when you get home. It seems that enough people have backbone to tell the Republicans to keep the money and do something meaningful. If the Democrats only had a brain... You guys are close to Kansas. Why not try to find OZ and ask that little guy that was in charge to get a brain for them. It was good to read your first entry from the road.
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