From South Dakota, through North Dakota, and back through South Dakota again, we enjoyed the drive. Sort of. Sometimes North Dakota can get boring. And we also discovered that Custer's National Forest isn't really a forest. But once we hit the Black Hills, our spirits brightened.
MY day started at 6:30 am - packing up the last of my things. I kissed Watertown, SD goodbye (not without several tears shed as I watched it disappear in my rearview mirror) and headed north to Fargo, and west to my alma matter of a city, Bismarck. Somewhere along the way,my Odometer read this. I thought it was photo worthy:
After stopping at my "other" home and eating Lena's good hotdish for lunch, I stole Chelz away for the next week. From there, she took the wheel with a deathgrip. It was WINDY!!! And by windy, I'm pretty sure the genius' who nicknamed Chicago the "windy city" were highly unaware of the winds produced in North Dakota. MY GOODNESS they would rip. But Chelsea's grip was able to loosen after not long, and the rest of our drive continued through the nothingness that is the Dakotas.
Until, that is, we hit Spearfish. We saw the grandness of the Black Hills and enjoyed them thoroughly, as they were a welcomed change in geography.
We found a gas station, which luckily had a microwave - we had hoped for that, since our "dinner" for the night (and for the next 3) was Easy Mac. So as weird as we felt, we stuck our bowls of noodles & water into the station's dinky microwave and made ourselves some Easy Mac.
10 Miles later we were at the border of our first "exciting" state . . . Wyoming!
We saw signs and passed through towns such as Aladdin & Sundance (as in Butch Cassidy and) From there, we meandered our way up to Devil's Tower for a quick history lesson, some fun photo ops, and some gorgeous "scenic" views. (But the best is yet to come!)
*many more pictures to come!*
We pulled into Buffalo, WY into my former roommate and dear friend Jenna's house. Situated right on the edge of town, we are excited to wake up and see a stunning view of the Bighorn Mountains.
Our day will begin early, with us leaving town hopefully around 7:30 a.m. From there we will make our way down to Salt Lake City for some other excitement!
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