Wednesday- rain last night and the back camera monitor is not working bringing us a little stress. We need to see the jeep behind us. We have our first meal out at a Pilot truck stop and hit the road to Rapid City. I use the internet and phone during travel to conduct work issues. About an hour into the trip, the camera and fans begin working - we think the wires got wet in the storm.
We stop to eat in Wall, SD, at this big Wall-Drug-and join the tourist looking at junk. We love watching the young families with kids and remember the good times with ours and then hear the crying, and bickering, and laugh thinking we really don't miss that part. In one store, a young dad was buying 3 very young boys pop-guns-with lots of popping and shooting from the kids. We wondered how long they would have those guns.
We are at the KOA- another really nice, really big, campground. Breakfast every morning - really cheap- and clean facilities. We sat up and then went for a ride to a nearby chuckwagon/antique mall and had such fun. Rick could remember the cream separator, corn pickers, a real"ice-box", and old coffins. We saw where Dancing with Wolves was filmed and decided the surroundings were perfect for that. Then we went to Keystone for more tourism - and watched the steam engine set for travel. We will travel on that, for sure.
Back home and we eat a balogna sandwich and go to bed. So tired. Tonight I missed my family, said a prayer for them and went to sleep.
Mary, you are doing such a great job describing your adventures, can just about see you there. We vacationed there when Mike was in college, only vacation for about 4 yrs. Drew was an infant, Amy had just turned 2.Stayed in a tent and one campsite had a bear intruder at nite that a ranger came around warning people about and to keep all food put up. WELLLLL,,, I grabbed those babies, got in the tent, zipped it down, and demanded we leave. We were able to rent a rustic cabin for that nite, then packed up and continued on the next day. Amy had a favorite monkey she drug around everywhere, and somehow it got left at the Wall drug store. We realized it a couple of hundred miles away, called them(no cells), they found it in the babydoll area where she and I had been, and mailed it home to us in Macomb. Such great memories!! Thanx for reminding me. Have a great time, I'll be keeping up with you. Luv, Cari
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