Day 3 and 4 goals were to get as far through the 11 hours through Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota as quickly as possible. (I think Oklahoma was in there somewhere too.) We almost stopped at Dorothy's house when we first got into Kansas but we were in the "Let's go quickly" mode. Maybe some other time we'll be driving backroads through these few random states. I have to admit, it really wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The green is absolutely beautiful and the small hills kept us going. South Dakota ... well, we're thinking maybe we'll add Ellsworth AFB to our wish list because those black hills are gorgeous. Here's a few pictures of a random rest stop we enjoyed.
We stopped at this gas station because I actually heard the Emergency Broadcast System come on the radio to warn us of severe weather. These clouds were a little on the scary side so we ate dinner to pass some time. We finished dinner just in time to enjoy the rain driving 25 mph on the freeway. Now that was an experience. Everyone was driving with their hazard lights on.
But after the rain, we looked back to find a PERFECT double rainbow. These pictures don't even share half of its brilliance and there was no way to fit the whole picture in our camera. It was BEAUTIFUL and got even more brilliant as we sat there and watched for a few mins. Andrew wanted to run to the end to see if he could find gold.=)
Thank you South Dakota. We enjoyed the trip.
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