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Don't Hold Your Breath: South Dakota (Day 6)

It was a Monday. There are some days you just instinctively lower your expectations. And then, when something even mildly pleasant happens, it completely blows you away. South Dakota was this for me.

I'd been in North Dakota before. I had not enjoyed it. Except for a park where I was told there were wild horses. And I didn't see the horses, so that about did it for North Dakota for me. But South Dakota wasn't all that bad, once I got the first few hundred miles out of the way (this is key). The black hills were beautiful. The Badlands were awesome (I think this is because I felt kind of like Indiana Jones walking around them). Rushmore Cave was impressive. And Mount Rushmore was far better than my expectation. I was even there for the "lighting ceremony" during which we got to listen to a 30 minute speech of nationalistic american propaganda. And I love my country. But please, I was scared we were making terrorists right there in the audience... But I got my long-exposure shot, found a hotel, ate a calzone, and all-in-all, had quite a pleasant day in South Dakota.

Town of the day: Wall Drug. Don't ask.

posted by europhile @ 23:20