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In May of 1994, my friend Kelly and I decided to take a trip to South Dakota. Her very concerned father decided that he would allow us to take the family mini van and stay at the family farm (along the way to Mount Rushmore) only if we had some male escorts. Nerdy ones were best, that way there wouldn't be any funny business, he said. Good thing we were the Engineering program at the U, and such individuals were not hard to find. Non-threatening escorts in hand, we were off!
If you're remotely in the area of South Dakota, you'll soon start seeing signs for Wall Drug. Which means living in Minnesota, you see them about two hours outside of Minneapolis. In case you're wondering, our house is a mere 517 miles from Wall Drug. Only takes about 8 hours. Of driving through cornfields.
There is is, right behind the Enchanted World Doll Museum! The Corn Palace!
No worries, a few more hours along the way, is the world famous Wall Drug. It's pretty much just a some gift shops, a restaurant, and some "attractions". That's okay, after the Corn Palace disappointment, expectations were low. We had fun.
The Jackalope apparently has Kelly by the neck.
After 10 or so hours of driving, we finally made it to Custer State Park. Separate tents, of course.
Buffalo! I mean, Bison! These suckers are huge, and they'll come right up to your car if you let them.
We drove to the state border between South Dakota and Wyoming, of course we had to take pictures. I love how Kelly looks like she's levitating...
Quick, can you name the presidents on Mount Rushmore? Don't be distracted by the picture below where the guy looks like he's about to jump off the ledge.
In case you can't figure it out, it's Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Lincoln.
This is pretty much the coolest picture my camera had ever taken. Yes, that's me and Kelly on that cliff. She slipped while we were climbing to get to that point, good thing we didn't know how far down it was...
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