Badlands and Wall, South Dakota

I-90 is a straight shot across South Dakota, with pretty countryside, but not much variety.

Tim’s charming optimism slightly misjudged how long it might take to get from point A to point B. ("It looks so much closer on the map!")

We took a nice trip through the Badlands.

We had intended to hike, but frankly it was about 90 degrees in the shade and there are no trees in the entire area. We tend to avoid hiking on molten magma, so we marveled at the scenery and decided to continue on to Rapid City via Wall Drug. Wall Drug is another “if you build it they will come” tourist destination. We came, we saw, we got back in the RAV, which at this point is completely covered with dead bug gunk. Note to selves…must wash RAV. (Update--the RAV has been washed and is now only partially covered with petrified bug gunk. Some of that gunk is going to require an SOS pad and some elbow grease!)