The drive started out with a repeat of a prairie scene for miles and miles, until I reached about 250 miles, when the landscape began to change. The prairie gradually became dotted with a few hills, scattered and sparse at first, then more and more dense until the landscape was rolling with hills. I had entered the the Badlands.
The hills rolled and rolled, then leveled off for a while, then rolled on again. I was in the midst of a desolate land. Now I had been seeing signs for Wall Drug, even as far back as before I reached Sioux Falls. This is supposedly the must see tourist attraction only second to Mount Rushmore itself! And it was fast approaching!
Oh, the decisions; to stop or pass it by! I stopped but the only thing worth doing was the nickel cup of coffee, which was very nice! But it was time to get back on the road. Rapid City lay just ahead, and the landscape was turning into not just rolling hills, but the occasional butte sticking up out of nowhere. As I continued toward Wyoming, the hills were becoming larger and larger, as if I were watching their maturation into full-fledged mountains.
Tomorrow, Montana!
Travel Log - Sunday, September 7, 2014
Departed from Sioux Falls, SD at 10:40 AM Central Time
Arrived in Sheridan, Wyoming at 8:00 PM Mountain Time
586 miles - 10 hours and 20 minutes from departure to arrival
States today: South Dakota & Wyoming
States traversed so far:
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
South Dakota
Wyoming
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