I was a bit concerned about wearing sandals...Feeding the prarie dogs!A prarie dog munching on a peanut.The granddaddy to my car, a '61 Subaru Sambar... basically a tiny version of a VW bus, cute as ever at the Pioneer Auto Show in Murdo, SD.A few of the multitudes of license plates hanging on the walls at the Pioneer Auto Show.Straight as an arrow, huge skies.Huron, SD: Home to the World's largest pheasant.After getting directions to the grocery store from the ShopKo, we found out that they had moved out 3 months prior without leaving directions to the new store.Sioux Falls.We came for the Chicago-style pizza.Me washing the windows atop the Hancock Building in Chicago.Dan and Sara look down on Chicago.Dan and I pose in front of a giant shiny bean.Driving into ChicagoWelcome to IllinoisThe first big brown grizzly bear we would see on our trip...This eagle was so close, it took a minute to figure out if it was real.Driving into Cleveland on I-80/90.First gas stop, next to a fancy car with flames.The lowest price we'd pay for gas on the trip in Erie, PA.Southern OhioHeading back east across Ohio & Indiana...Eating our St. Louis-style pizza at an empty farmer's market.The gateway arch in St. Louis.Budeweiser neon sign at the brewery. Inside this building we saw all the bottling and canning lines.One pampered Clydesdale (that's a horse).Kansas City barbeque: roast beef, ribs and ham slathered in bbq sauce with fries.One of the birdies at the Nelson-Atkins.We cooked up pasta in the stove and worked on finishing off our jumbo pack of fish sticks.Ready to set off after a good night's sleep.Outside the Wonder Tower appears the stuff that just wouldn't fit inside...44 fish sticks... a feast by any calculation. Apparently they were a "Great Value" as well.Hammond's Candy Factory in Denver.Our really bad hotel in Denver, complete with elevator and continental breakfast. I doubt we'll come again...The pool at the Best Inn in Denver. I was really looking forward to going swimming... A moose outside the China Gourmet.A rocky mountain.Sign on the dumpster at Yellowstone.Taking a walk through Grand Teton Nat'l Park. Geiser at Yellowstone.Warning about buffalo at Yellowstone.A buffalo joins us for dinner at our campsite...A buffalo grazes outside our car in Yellowstone.Sara and a waterfall in Yellowstone's grand canyon.Yellowstone Lake.In Yellowstone Nat'l Park.A bear!Some interesting lichen.Mt. RushmorePacking up from our campsite.Our campsite near Mt. Rushmore.Cooking breakfast.Mt. Rushmore vending machine.Wall Drug: Wall, SD.The Badlands.The Badlands.Standing in front of a giant prarie dog (the world's largest?)Turns out there are bags of peanuts inside.The Ranch Store, site of the prarie dog feeding.Riding at caboose at the Pioneer Auto Show.The Pioneer Auto Show, tourist trap.Sara and the World's Largest Pheasant.The attraction in Huron, SD.Apparently they like their milk in Sioux Falls, SD.The Royal Fork Buffet, Sioux Falls, SDThe Royal Fork, Sioux Falls, SD.Our Royal Fork Buffet meals of choice. Mine's all yellow.We get a bit of rain.Attempting to warm up pizza in Chicago traffic.Baby chicks at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago.A triple tandem tractor trailer.Cooking pasta on the stove at a rest area.
