Corn, Cows, and Billboards!

Good evening all!

Today was quite a long one! I woke up at 7:40am Central Time, and have been going straight out since! After the continental breakfast we left for Rapid City, SD around 9am Central, and began the long journey. Not much happened in Iowa, though Shaun had to go to the bathroom about 90 minutes into the trip, so we had to make a stop pretty early on! We ended up stopping in Nashua, IA. We stopped at a Subway and I got a sandwich for lunch, figuring we wouldnt be stopping again for quite a while!

We crossed into Minnesota around 12:30 Central, and drove for a while seeing nothing but a TON of corn stalks! I highly doubt this great country of ours will ever run out of Corn! We made a pit stop about 30 miles from the South Dakota boarder and Shaun had lunch and I filled the gas tank! The gas station was called the Kum&Go.. hahaha.. horrible name, im sorry!

We drove for what seemed like forever through the first 2/3rds of the state seeing nothing but a pile of billboards and more cows than I thought possible! They were scattered everywhere!! There were very very few house properties, and very little in the way of modern civilation! The roads were very flat and straight, which was great because the speed limit was up to 75 so it was a very easy drive, with very little traffic!

We finally started to see some land scape towards the later part of the state. We stopped shortly after the change over to the Mountain Time Zone for a quick fill up, and were about 90 minutes away from Rapid City, where our hotel is located. However, after seeing many many billboards for a place called "Wall Drug" we had to stop! We didnt really want to, but we also didnt want to miss out on something that was quite well advertised! We stopped and checked it out, and it was actually really cool. It was a small road/village with several small shops, including a big one which was Wall Drug. In side there were various items mostly aimed towards tourists! I grabbed a T-Shirt, while Shaun also got a shirt and a cowboy hat! After several broke back mountain jokes aimed in his direction, we got back on the road towards the city!

We arrived here around 7:30pm Mountain Time, and after a quick shower we went out to the Cheers bar across the parking lot! had a quick dinner and a couple drinks. Shaun tried his luck at the video poker, and won a few bucks! The waitress was wicked hot!

The city it self is very nice! A very mid-western style city, which is probably obvious, but still great to experience! The view in the last hour of the drive was also really nice. Smooth mountains which looked great during dusk! It was the first time seeing all of this today, and I have to say I really enjoyed it! The people here are very friendly, and I am really glad I got to make this trip. So far it has been a little boring but very enjoyable!!

Thats all for now.. this 2 hour change in a 2 day period has taken full effect! hahaha! Tomorrow we leave for Butte, Montana, but not after seeing Mt. Rushmore! Thats a really big reason why were here, and I am really excited to see it! Here are some pictures from today, and Ill have many more from Rushmore tomorrow!

Have a good one everyone!!