It was soooo hot. Luke and I don't like using air conditioning, so we relied on having the van fan blowing air on us to keep us going. It actually was comfortable enough, as long as we weren't doing anything beyond sitting as we drove. After the three days, I was pretty dehydrated and it took almost a week for me to feel mostly normal again. Blech.
There weren't many highlights on the drive, since we didn't stop much. However we did stop in Sparta Wisconsin, which calls itself the bicycling capital of America. It's in the centre of 101 miles of state trails (penny farthing not required)
We also stopped at the Spam Museum in Austin Minnesota. I've never seen Luke so enthusiastic about a museum before. Unfortunately it was closed when we got there, so we had to make due with peering through the windows and taking this photo op:
Our last notable stop was in Wall South Dakota, to see the kitschy tourist trap drug store, It was full of 'wild west' buildings and souvenirs galore. It made Luke's skin crawl, so we only really had a chance to take a photo of their cheesy T Rex before we split.
my T Rex impression
We also made a stop for some groceries for lunch in some super small town, at what looked to be a grocery store but was actually more like a dollar store. They had five aisles of 'grocery' items, that were 80% junk food. We did find sliced bread though and, thanks to the fantastic tomatoes from my dad's garden, we had a decent lunch. I did however luck out and bought Luke this bonus item.
That brought us to our first official destination--Rapid City, SD.
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