10,000 Mile Road Trip: Day 25 - Buffalo, WY to Wall, SD

"IDROVEAPICKUPTRUCK" (idroveapickuptruck) 12/15/2014 at 23:33 • Filed to: None

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The Sun! THE SUN! I have seen the sun again! Today was literally the first (partly) sunny day I've seen since I left Arizona. It's been a long time, and it was very welcome to come back.

I left Buffalo early in the morning and headed toward the Black Hills but first up was Devil's Tower

The sun wasn't out yet when I got to Devil's Tower, but it was still very cool. Giant fucking thing in the middle of nowhere. On the way there a bald eagle flew across the road!

After I got into South Dakota I continued on into the Black Hills, I stopped off at Crazy Horse and was disappointed that basically no progress had been made since I saw a TV show about it years and years ago. I wanted my $11 back, though it is fucking huge.

Leaving Crazy Horse I had a route planned out through the hills, unfortunately I didn't know that a bunch of the roads are closed in winter (despite there being very little snow this year) so I had to find a new route which cost some time. Either way some of these roads were absolutely amazing, and I had quite a good time since I was almost the only car on the road.

From there it was Mount Rushmore, which looks exactly like it does on TV. It was smaller than I was expecting. After leaving Mount Rushmore I headed into Badlands National Park, but since I had wasted time in the Black Hills it got dark and I couldn't see much. I found a motel in Wall (of Wall Drug fame) and settled down for the night. Tomorrow I'll drive through the Badlands and then slog through miles on I-90 heading to Rochester, MN where I'll be spending the night at a friend's place.

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Brian Silvestro > IDROVEAPICKUPTRUCK 12/15/2014 at 23:35

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that bald eagle reaction though

Round headlight enthusiast > IDROVEAPICKUPTRUCK 12/15/2014 at 23:38

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Ah, Buffalo Wy. 2nd best city named Buffalo in the U.S.

Did they beat Green Bay last weekend? I don't think so.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > IDROVEAPICKUPTRUCK 12/16/2014 at 01:44

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I love driving through the black hills, some amazing roads! Too bad there's basically nothing between there and Rochester. I've made that drive many times and hated it pretty much every single time.

Roundbadge > IDROVEAPICKUPTRUCK 12/16/2014 at 10:20

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Crazy Horse looks the same now as it did when I was there in 1998. I want my admission back from then, plus interest. I'd probably have...$15 now.

When we were there in 1998, we were returning from Yellowstone to Ohio. We stayed the night at Devil's Tower, hit Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse and Wall Drug on our way.

Have you dug Wall Drug?

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > IDROVEAPICKUPTRUCK 12/16/2014 at 10:47

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Nice shot!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > IDROVEAPICKUPTRUCK 12/16/2014 at 10:49

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Principles and private donations only get you so far...

pip bip - choose Corrour > IDROVEAPICKUPTRUCK 12/25/2014 at 03:40

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your videos have stopped coming?