Day 24: South Dakota cont. Dirt Bikes, Friends in Iowa, Illinois and Michigan

She loves the pink helmet.

smiles all around!

Becca.

Mom's got the cool Evel Knievel helmet.

 Now this is a biker babe! - Dad

" I've got a GREAT idea! Lets dig up the whole interstate!!"
Dad's sarcasm is greatly appreciated.

Hello Iowa.

Mississippi- possibly the most fun word in the entire world to spell.

Hello Illinois.

Katherine's artwork.

A very lovely visit with the Fluegels.

Pretty women.

Hello Michigan.

Becca saved the baby snapping turtle, it was attempting to cross the big wide road. (smart)

Welcome to Hell:) It's such a beautiful place (yes, we did stay there)

old friends:)

fishing.

shiny.

kayaking.

Ummm... Yeah....

The girls enjoyed kayaking out on the lake.

Day 22: Badlands National Park, Wall Drug Store, Highmore, SD and Cattle round up

We wound up staying an extra day in Rapid City because seeing Mt. Rushmore and the surrounding area took much longer than we anticipated. It wasn't too bad of a drive to get to our friends, the Earls, in Highmore, SD.

The badlands were really cool.

It just looked really crazy.

exploring.

once we all got down there, we realized that we had about 5 pounds of mud on our shoes and it took awhile to get it all off.

On the way to Wall Drug!!!

8 miles of straight.

Do I need to explain? You've heard of a jackalope, We have NO idea what the heck this is.

We had the chance to go on a cattle round up! It was freezing cold, and there were a lot of cows.

THIS. is legit. (cowboy)

May ray made a friend:)

make that 3 friends!!

A cow tried to kill them.

legit. again.

The whole branding thing, was a little too much for little Katherine.

cool shot.

Mary's worst nightmare. cows.

American man from snowy river. flask included. (aka, he's cool)

It's mooing.

This looks really bad, it probably was the worst day of that poor calves life, but he'll forget it soon:)

It was trying to get away.

awh:)

What is up with all this legit ness!?

The warm furnace.

Legit man working.

conversing.

Can't handle all of it.

They were naming cows.

Mary thought the gun was cool.

The girls riding back.
Time for lunch!! We did more before noon than most people do in a full day!