Lets G-O!

It's go time! The car is packed to the rafters, gassed up and ready to go!

We had intentions of leaving Friday after work but David didn't get home till near midnight, and after working a 17 hour day, was not psyched to hop in the car. Thanks to M&P for bringing us midnight carnitas! :) So, we left on Saturday morning. After running a few errands and only going back to get one forgotten thing, we finally headed west around 10 or 10:30. We had awesome driving weather, apart from a strong storm system in South Dakota. We stopped to camp for the night in the Fort Pierre National Grasslands. We had intended to camp in the Buffalo Gap Grasslands but there was another huge storm system coming our way so we wanted to get the tent set up before the rain started.

We pulled off on a gravel road, found a flattish, grassy-ish spot and called it good. Apart from a couple dozen skeeter bites, which swarmed us from the grass, the spot was great: completely private, quiet and secluded. We didn't see any other cars. I suppose not many people camp on the side of the road, even if it's free.

Next morning we were up early with the sun and on the road by 7. There was nothing to stick around for, no water, no bathroom, so we stopped at the first rest stop we came across to wash up. The thing that took the longest to clean was our shoes. They were caked with mud from the grasslands! The mud peeled of in big pieces!

Made it to Rapid City and into Wyoming by mid morning! It was awesome to see the Big Horn Mountains as we drove into Wyoming! We had to drive 1000 miles to finally see some mountains!

Made my flips so heavy I couldn't hardly walk! Had to peel off the mud!