Great faces, great places. That about sums up Tom and me and our road-trip, but it's a motto I saw for South Dakota.
It's always interesting to see how a person will act when they are in desperate need of using the bathroom. Tom began our trip through the Dakotas with a little law breaking: we'd been on the road a couple hours, mostly in a rainstorm, when Tom says he needs to use the restroom. So we start looking for exits. Now, very rarely does a person speed up when they're coming down the offramp to exit the freeway, but Tom sure did. He ran the red light squealing his tires around the corner at freeway speeds, does and illegal U-turn, and pulls up to this restaurant. I think he was in and out before I registered just how awesome that all panned out.
Anyway, to pass the time on the long, flat, seemingly deserted roadway, we decided to get out the pull-and-peel Twizzlers, and, because boys will be boys, started fighting with them. They surprisingly sting quite a bit. Who knew? :)
That didn't last long, but it did get us all the way to lunch. We ate at the Rusty Spur to continue our tradition of eating the local cuisine. I ordered a nice, juicy steak, and, just to see if I could down it, also ordered a large order of chicken fingers. Yet again, I ask the waiter how often someone orders like I do, to which he simply replied, "Doesn't happen." We took in some billiards and had a nice chat with a biker, who told me I should make it out to Sturgis for the ride, and that I should get a tattoo. Nice guy, but I think he was offering to ink me up :/
So... on to the Badlands. K, this place was cool - I couldn't believe how amazing it was! Badlands just wasn't the name for it this year; the grass was green, the flowers were in bloom, it wasn't stiflingly hot... And it was remarkably beautiful!
We wanted to make Mt. Rushmore before sunset, so we hauled out of there, and made it just... a bit late :/ But we made it for the flag presentation there at night.
Had to come back in the morning and were able to take the scenic route through the Black Hills, due to a scheduling conflict at Wind Cave National Monument.
And the main reason we couldn't stay long was we had to make it on time to the morning showing of Harry Potter! :) Yes, I am that nerdy, but I had to see it opening day. I admit, I was pretty excited, just ask Tom.
It's always interesting to see how a person will act when they are in desperate need of using the bathroom. Tom began our trip through the Dakotas with a little law breaking: we'd been on the road a couple hours, mostly in a rainstorm, when Tom says he needs to use the restroom. So we start looking for exits. Now, very rarely does a person speed up when they're coming down the offramp to exit the freeway, but Tom sure did. He ran the red light squealing his tires around the corner at freeway speeds, does and illegal U-turn, and pulls up to this restaurant. I think he was in and out before I registered just how awesome that all panned out.
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| Lunch at Hardee's |
Anyway, to pass the time on the long, flat, seemingly deserted roadway, we decided to get out the pull-and-peel Twizzlers, and, because boys will be boys, started fighting with them. They surprisingly sting quite a bit. Who knew? :)
That didn't last long, but it did get us all the way to lunch. We ate at the Rusty Spur to continue our tradition of eating the local cuisine. I ordered a nice, juicy steak, and, just to see if I could down it, also ordered a large order of chicken fingers. Yet again, I ask the waiter how often someone orders like I do, to which he simply replied, "Doesn't happen." We took in some billiards and had a nice chat with a biker, who told me I should make it out to Sturgis for the ride, and that I should get a tattoo. Nice guy, but I think he was offering to ink me up :/
So... on to the Badlands. K, this place was cool - I couldn't believe how amazing it was! Badlands just wasn't the name for it this year; the grass was green, the flowers were in bloom, it wasn't stiflingly hot... And it was remarkably beautiful!
We wanted to make Mt. Rushmore before sunset, so we hauled out of there, and made it just... a bit late :/ But we made it for the flag presentation there at night.
Had to come back in the morning and were able to take the scenic route through the Black Hills, due to a scheduling conflict at Wind Cave National Monument.
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| We saw Vettes all throughout the area, it was cool. |
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| Crazy Horse |
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| Throughout the Black Hills there were tunnels you could see Rushmore through. |
And the main reason we couldn't stay long was we had to make it on time to the morning showing of Harry Potter! :) Yes, I am that nerdy, but I had to see it opening day. I admit, I was pretty excited, just ask Tom.
Sure, the movie saga may have ended, but Pottermania will never end, and we proved it as we drove off into the sunset listening to LeakyCon radio, official XM Radio station of all things Harry Potter. Station 142 I believe :)
