Caleb, Isla and Joel got up at 5am to fish at our campsite. We were packed up and on the road east by 6am.
Joel’s having lots of fun driving all these windy passes through the National Forests. The Powder River Pass had a mandatory pull off for all RVs, trailers and transport trucks where they had signs posted about the catchnet cable system (fancy runaway ramp) and the lives saved by using it and the crashes that happened on the road.
Highlights of today:
- Isla: Making a dirty soda at a gas station (it was a self serve fountain pop with lots of flavours to add). When they lit up the faces at Mount Rushmore.
- Caleb: Finding out how well I did on my report card! I got all A’s and 95% in three subjects!
- Tracy: Seeing Devil’s Tower up close – it’s a crazy landform and reminded me of Giant’s Causeway in Ireland. My low light is the sound of the highway in South Dakota (it’s got a weird high pitch hum).
- Joel: The hike at Devils Tower. It was longer than expected (7.5km) but I enjoyed it.
We are camping at Stockade North Lake Campground this evening. It is part of Custer State Park.
We finish the day fueling up. Regular fuel is under $3/gal
