so, besides fearlessly (fearfully?) climbing a mountain, we did other things along the way... like seeing MOUNT RUSHMORE (i think it's awesome, okay) and hanging out with various members of dan's family across nebraska and sodak. (i've never actually heard anyone call south dakota 'sodak,' but that doesn't bother me.) :) a grand time was had by all. we need spring break / vacation days far more often.
^ oh carhenge. your ridiculousness and random placement in the middle of nowhere (apologies to alliance, ne) thoroughly entertain me.
^ windy much? tee hee :)
^ we ran into a dust storm... my poor car was assaulted over and over by dangerously low-flying tumbleweeds and blasting sand.
^ the dust storm was soon followed by a snow storm... true to midwestian form.
^ LOVE LOVE LOVE this sky. love it.
^ i just couldn't even get over how legit the sky was that day. i would have a giant post of sky pictures if i posted all of the ones i took :)
^ ah, the hills. how nice to be in a place where not everything is flat. and at least SOMEthing is green. (despite the first day of spring having come and gone, it's currently 30 and snowing in linc as i write this.)
^ pactola reservoir. ice ice baby! (sorry.)
^ snowy drive! (don't worry mom, we were careful.)
^ you can tell this hill burned a couple of years ago... it looks like someone dumped matchsticks all over the place. giant matchsticks.
^ deadwood... such a tourist town.
^ but a cute one.
^ it was below freezing outside... that was a COLD babbling brook.
^ bridal veil falls... not falling so much when it's frozen solid!
^ photo bomb by emilio :)
^ more snow! i need an suv, man.
^ i met grandpa schmele for the first time and got the grand tour of newell, sd :)
^ the edge of grandpa's land. it's been ranched by schmeles since the late 1800s.
^ bear butte... supposedly this looks like a sleeping bear. i
think it looks more like a sleeping jackrabbit. i guess that doesn't flow as
well... BUT if they named it bugs bunny butte, that would flow really well! somehow, i don't think anyone will take my suggestion.
^ dan wanted this picture, with the buffalo behind bear butte :)
^ we stayed at the alex johnson in rapid city... they filmed part of north by northwest there. hello cary grant :)
^ aaaaand a bunch of presidents stayed here.
^ (it's that tall one. our room was on the side of the building in shadow, on the top left.)
^ hello george!!
^ i was quite thrilled by mount rushmore. i took a lot of pictures. unashamedly. i mean... it's HISTORY! makes me happy :)
^ there they are! oh boy oh boy.
^ i like how jefferson's head was supposed to be to the left of washington, but something was happening with the rock so they had to blast it off. what a bummer. i also didn't know this took almost 15 years to carve.
^ of course, the obligatory :)
^ i love the good ol' u.s. of a. :)
^ i'm also a fan of the needles.
^ and this tunnel.
^ rapid city's pretty cute.
^ they like bikes.
^ the view out of our window. nice to see some hills when you wake up every day.
^ they have presidents on every corner... dan's obvious favorite :)
^ we skirted the badlands on the way home... pretty legit. and barren.
^ valentine, ne. i didn't notice the old ford parked there until today :)
^ we took a pit stop to try out dan's new fly fishing pole... look out, fish. fear for your lives.
^ calamus reservoir.
^ back just in time for a nebraska sunset :)
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