A Fresh Start

     Kate and I embarked today on yet another road trip around the country (my third, her first). We were a little late on the start after a wedding and morning long run in Montevideo. It was hard to leave behind so many options in the great city of Montevideo (see picture) but there's so much of the country left to see.
   
     The first of our great plains stops was Pipestone National Monument. I've never been there. Loved it. Very peaceful and cool to see all the exposed rocks in the middle of the plains. Next up was the Corn Palace, then Wall Drug. I could skip these two for another decade and be okay with that, but they are a couple you have to see at least once. I need to go back and check my 9-yr old trip pics, but I'm fairly sure I got my picture taken with the same "Zeke" sitting on a bench across the street from the palace. Good memories.

     We ended up in Spearfish for the night. Not quite as far as I hoped, but still a solid day of sight-seeing and driving. A good day.

 Day High: Pipestone was awesome!
Day Low: Rear tail-light is out- before we even left Montevideo! Gotta get that fixed : (

Vitals:
New License Plates: MN, SD, IA, KS, MO, TX, CO, NE, CT, MI, MD, IL, UT, NC, NJ, WI, CA TN
New Bird Species: Ring-Billed Gull, Barn Swallow, Mourning Dove, Red-Winged Blackbird, Robin, Northern Harrier, Blue Jay, Killdeer, Common Yellowthroat, Song Sparrow, Gold Finch, Turkey Vulture, House Wren, Clay Colored Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, Red Tailed Hawk, Rock Dove
Miles Driven: 527