Long ride to Rapid City!

August 31 -  Happy Birthday Jared!!  My baby is 44 today! 

Today was probably our longest drive day.  We left about 9 and only made one roadside stop for lunch and bathroom break and arrived in Rapid City, SD close to 3.  I was a tired puppy.  We drove though a plethora of landscapes.  There were mountains, plains, rolling hills, 4 lanes, 2 lanes, huge farmlands, Cheyenne Reservation and more.  We saw 31 antelope, 2 Pronghorns and lots and lots of cattle!

Once we got into Rapid City we learned our campground was on the other side of downtown.  I was a bit nervous driving thru as there were lanes closed and the road where we needed to turn right had barricades and closed down to one lane.  I told Bill there was no way I could get around the barriers and cones towing the truck so we went a block further up and it was clear so I made that turn and we went 2 blocks up and made the turn onto the main street.  About a mile up the road on the top of a hill is where our campground is.  The sites are terraced and I was a trifle nervous as the lanes are pretty narrow, but Bill motioned me in very slow so I didn’t run over the septic hole and we are good for 2 nights.

We have full hook up so I did 2 loads of laundry and am pretty caught up now.  I spent the afternoon with laundry and did some crocheting to relax.  I fed Bill leftover beef with gravy over mashed potatoes with a nice salad while I had a portion of my halibut from Alaska.  I rolled it in seasoned Panko and baked it and had a nice salad with it, very yummy!  Later we had the last 2 Huckleberry ice cream sandwiches from LAST summer.  They were delicious! 

Tomorrow we play tourists and head to Mt. Rushmore for one last time!