Where are we now?

We took off from Yellowstone nearly a week ago - it's hard to believe a week has passed already. Somehow, we managed to pack all of our stuff back into our truck and trailer - we definitely brought way too much stuff with us. We made it through our final reviews, room inspection, turned in our IDs and name badges and headed east for South Dakota, starting our round-about trip back to Oregon heading in the wrong direction! Our time in South Dakota was spent visiting some Sun Dance friends and showing Del some parts of the US he'd never seen before - the Badlands, Wall Drug (which closed shortly after we arrived), Mount Rushmore (not my favorite national monument, but that's another story), Crazy Horse, Black Hills, Deadwood (bars, gambling and jewelry stores), Rapid City. It's a little odd travelling through these tourist areas after the tourist season. The attractions are nearly empty of other tourists, the roads are empty of other cars. Many camping areas are closed, making our camping plans somewhat tenuous, but the weather has held out for us, so it's not too cold!

We are currently at the Kimball, Nebraska Public Library, once again making use of the free computers, but our trip to Nebraska is merely passing through to get to Colorado. We are not destined to live in the Great Plains states - maybe a little too much of the wide open spaces.