Sunday, June 6, 2010

Wagon Ruts and South Dakota


On our way out of Wheatland, we stopped to admire a flying pig, and talk to the owner. We headed north from Wheatland, and stopped at Gurnsey to see the wagon ruts. These are the actual ruts left by the wagon trains on the Oregon trail, cut into the rock. An amazing testimony to the pioneers.

Ariana took about 100 photos, some of which are included here.


We went onwards to South Dakota. We stopped at the Wyoming and South Dakota state line to take pictures. This is the girls' first trip to South Dakota.

We proceeded to Wind Cave National Park, and set up the camper. Richard, Erica, and Ari went to town to do a little shopping. By the time we finished, it started to rain. Marianne had warm soup and spagetti for us, nice on a cold rainy day. It rained pretty hard, lots of storm watches on the radio.

Given that tomorrow may not be a sunny day, we may head for the Mammoth dig on Wednesday, leaving Mt. Rushmore and the pool for a nicer day.

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