Miz-ery for the night…

Today we drove over 300 miles ACROSS South Dakota, then over 300 miles south from there, through Iowa, and eventually settling in Missouri for the night.  We are finally in our new time zone, so that’s a plus.  (The kids pronounce it Misery, though, due to the humidity they aren’t used to).  We experienced our first taste of humid air in Iowa, and it was a surprise when we opened the truck door.  I am sure it wasn’t that much, but it was weird after not having it for so long. Then when we stopped in Missouri, the kids were acting all weird, talking about how HOOOOOT it was.  Just wait, I say, just wait.

We crossed over 670 miles today, pushing further than I had originally planned.  The kids are still doing well, and I have a feeling they will watch a few more movies tomorrow than they did today.  So far its only been one a day, if any, during the ride.  They do a lot of sleeping. They are starting to get more rambunctious at night, which is fine, since we are about 2 days from being done…

There’s not much for pictures, just some of what Rick was convinced was the start of the Badlands (so, not), and then this back of this truck we passed….

We are staying @ a Motel6 (in BUCHANAN County, HAHA) this evening (not wonderful, but right off the interstate, which is what I wanted), and they had a pool.  The kids have had their first OUTDOOR pool swim, and it was interesting.  I left my camera in the truck , so there are no pictures.  The water was COLD, and FULL of chlorine, and what I think was dog food. (there were birds around, seems like someone tried to feed them?)  I don’t want to think about the other possibilities of what it could have been.  Now they are playing cards, and Rick and I are ready to crash.  We’ll see how that goes.

The dogs are good, still.  They got to run around at a rest stop in Iowa, and Pebbles LOVED the grass and trees!  They sure where hot when they got done running around.  (Geez, I could have taken pictures of that too, but I must be slacking?)

Tomorrow – I have plans to eat some St Louis Ribs downtown, and take a ride up the Gateway Arch.  I’m excited   Then on to Memphis (or near it) for the evening.  That means we’ll be arriving to Prairieville, La Thursday afternoon (3ish?) sometime.

OH – and we got to eat at Red Lobster tonight.  Yummy Cheddar Biscuits.  AND there’s a Cracker Barrel down the road that I thought about for breakfast, but since I know lunch will be big, I think we’ll skip it for now.  Okay – that’s it – below are the two pitiful excuses I have for pictures today:

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