We (well I, YD managed, somehow to sleep through it) awoke at about 4AM to an amazing mid-western thunderstorm. Undeterred by the still rainy weather at about 9AM, we hit the road for real. Went about an entire mile, stopped at Walmart and loaded up Bobby (YD's name for our car, she likes to name things. A fly that drove us crazy in the car for much of the trip today, is now a pet named Louis) with tons of food, so we wouldn't have to stop for any meals or snacks, if we didn't want to, then off we went.
Since today was going to be a driving day, we didn't mind the rain that lasted until the afternoon, but it cleared up in time for our stop in Sioux Falls, SD. Although there's not much to be seen in South Dakota until you get to the Badlands, we were still impressed by the prairie. I must admit that while I was busy before we left, planning, and reserving, and budgeting, and google-mapping, and making t-shirts, and packing drugs, she did do one very, very, very helpful thing. She made the travel music mixes. And did a great job. Driving 400+ miles today wasn't a challenge at all, with the right company and the right music.
We were particularly impressed with the windmills that rose over the lands in Minnesota. Their majesty, along with the knowledge that they are providing, clean, renewable energy, sparked a conversation about how neither of us could understand why people are protesting their installation along the Eastern shore. They are not an eyesore, they are a vision of a cleaner, better world.
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