Leaving Mount Rushmore, we headed off east.

You cannot miss the constant barrage of invitations to Wall Drug while on the way to South Dakota’s Badlands.  Despite a relatively high resistance to such invites, we succumbed and ended up taking a peek.

Interesting it was.  The weather remained scorching outside … and soon the landscape withered.  Here are the Badlands of South Dakota.  It’s not a place to be stranded!

Now here’s a place an old cowboy could hide … who would search for you in this heat?

Fortunately were in a TC, not on horseback.  Just open the freezer for a few ice cubes and look out the window.  Ahhhh … an office with a view, again.

In the old West, this might have been a great place to hide – but cooking hot in the summer, and freezing cold in the winter.  Very bad lands indeed.  Keep on movin’ though, and the landscape changes.

Stark yet stunning … crushing heat yet colorful beauty.  Don’t miss this!

We’re heading back to Gillette for a free night at Wally’s … a cool evening breeze … and fresh bagels at “The Main.”  Goodnight.