RoadTrip - Day 13

Wyoming - Tim pulls the all night shift and as dawn breaks on day 13 he and I are still sick while hail begins to pelt our van on the barren roads of Wyoming. Things could not possibly be better. We pass a city sign for Lost Springs. Elevation: 4,325. Population: 1. We thankfully make it out of Wyoming and enter South Dakota on our way to Mt Rushmore. California seems so far away.

Big stone monuments - While trying to find Mt. Rushmore we run into the world largest unfinished sculpture. It's the Crazy Horse monument, dedicated appropriately to Chief Crazy Horse. It's eventually supposed to be bigger than Rushmore, however it was started in the 50s and so far they've only finished the face. At this rate the monument should be complete sometime in early 2462. Tell your great, great, great, great, great, great grand kids.

After that we finally made it to Mt. Rushmore. In total we probably drove 12-13 hrs out of our way to see the monument. After 5mins Tim and I look at each other and agree we're ready to leave. Very disappointing. Everyone told us it would be, but we felt like we had to do it. check. Never need to go there again.

Rapid City - It's late in the day and after an all night drive and feeling sicker than ever, we decide to spend the night in Rapid City South Dakota. We get some sandwiches for dinner and hit a drug store to reload on meds. I'm now taking like 8 different kinds of medicine to kick this cold and nothing seems to be working. On the way back to the room we keep noticing these tiny buildings that say casino on them. Our curiosity gets the better of us so we check one out. It's a bar with 8 slot machines, 3 grand mothers, and 1 creepy guy. Not quite vegas.