Vacation: Day Uno

Whew, a long day in the car. Got gone from Ford around 7:30. Had to run to Dodge, so it was about 8:30 when we actually hit the road. Made decent time and hit the Nebraska line about 11. Stopped in Lexington to try and catch up with a high school classmate. Maybe next time Todd. Sorry we missed you.

Left Lexington and let Madison drive. She does a good job, but still scares her old dad a little. She drove until we hit the South Dakota state line, around 4. Madison thought Nebraska looked like Wisconsin. Although shes never been to Wisconsin, she thought she knew what she was talking about. Actually, it looked a lot like sw KS with all the corn.

South Dakota had a little more scenery to look at. Saw several neat things along the highway. Saw our share of rest stops and restrooms, including the one that had signs warning about Poisonous Snakes. Figure that one out... Drove thru Wall, by Wall Drug. That reminded me of a trip mom, dad, and I took. Came North to see Uncle Lindy and Aunt Leona and family. My 3 girl cousins from that family tied all my underwear and socks in knots. They still kid me about it to this day.

We got to Rapid City about 7 and found a motel. A little shocking on the price, but sometimes you got to do it. Our motel had the required indoor pool and hot tub, plus,...a WATER SLIDE!!! All of us took our share of trips down that. We all had a lot of fun relaxing and enjoying the water.


Tomorrow we are off to see Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse. Don't know what else we will do, but we will have fun.

This "little" fellow hitched a ride with us. We thought it was funny.