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Today was magnificent. We were in South Dakota for the majority of the day, starting this morning off with a visit to the Corn Palace in Mitchell. and dropping south through the Badlands before making it over to the Black Hills to see Mount Rushmore (in the rain). We decided spending $20 to see an unfinished Crazy Horse wasn’t worth it (twice as much as Rushmore??) so we dropped that goal and headed north into Wyoming as the sun set. The timing worked out perfectly for us to get an some incredible lighting at Devil’s Tower. All in all, an utterly brilliant day.

States seen: SD, WY.
Total/daily miles driven: 2192.1/501.9.
Number of (incredibly threatening) male bikers / (non-threatening) Wall Drug signs seen: 40,000/150.
Number of female bikers seen: 6
Percent of car occupants willing to risk life and limb to compliment biker chick physique and tattoo placement: 50%

PS. I haven’t had to hurt Mike yet though he’s pushing his luck stealing my gchat.

UPDATE: I was remiss not to mention that Sundance, WY is not named after the Sundance Kid, rather the opposite. The Sundance Kid spent some time in jail here (either “a few nights” according to a grizzled old biker dude in the bar here last night or 18 months if we trust the wikipedia), thus drew his nickname from the town. Sundance, UT was later named such after the Sundance Kid, so is indirectly named after the town as well, as is the film festival.