MOTHER'S DAY

sunset over the badlands

my new friend

larry is trying to cheer up his new friend

when we got up yesterday it was a beautiful day the sun was out and it felt good...so it was off tto wall drug store for breakfast...this place first started 1933 by a couple bought a drug store and it was hard to get customers so the wife thought (smart lady) why not put a sign out on the highway to say stop by for FREE ICE WATER ..you all know what free does----it brought people to stop by and most everyone bought something even if it was an ice cream so the business just grew and grew from there...now it is several buildings with lots of little speciality shops in it...you name it and i bet you can find it there...there is also aa couple of museums along with a cafe ...coffee is only 5 cents and if you are a veteran you get a free homemade donut. (lar got his and even gave me a taste)...so it was a deal and breakfast was good spent a couple of hrs there looking around..

then of to the badlands --we had been here before when on our return trip from alaska but I needed a stamp and it was just a short jaunt from 90..it was a beautiful day so we thought why go any further lets stay in the national park 1/2 price for golden age pass holders..it of course was dry camping but that didn't matter as it was so nice out...we even sat out and enjoy a drink...but today is a different story it started to rain in the night and it has been raining hard all day long-very foggy-so we decided to stop around 2..which finds us in murdo, sd...but first we stopped another national park the minuteman missle historical site...we had a tour of the place and saw where all the action could have taken place it russia decided to do something drastic to us ..(glad they didn't)...it is a small place and we just happened to be lucky as a couple had made arrangements for a tour and we just stopped in when they were getting ready to go so we just tagged along... this time of year you have to make reservations to be taken on a tour as there aren't alot of visitors...so if any of you come by this way and want to see where it all took place call ahead and make sure you can be taken on a tour....