The Badlands

When Al Gore invented the internet it would have been nice if he notified South Dakota so they could have signed up, the slow service here is starting to cramp our style. All of my backgammon rivals are complaining too, they have no one else to help run up their score.

Today we made the 2 hour trip to The Badlands to check out what that was all about. Along the route we had to stop at the Wall Drug Store, apparently if you are a true tourist then this is a “must see”…and the million dollars in billboards also demands your presence. If you are looking for free water, 5 cent coffee, big cake donuts, and lots of c r a p to take home with you…look here, they got it.

The Badlands turned out to be a big surprise that we were not expecting. This place is off the charts with a crazy type of geographical surface somewhere between Big Bend and Mars. If I were an old outlaw this is where I would have gone to hide…until I saw the sign about rattle snakes. We took the loop around the entire national park and enjoyed every turn…now at Mount Rushmore Brewing Company, that drive made us really thirsty.