Day Fourteen: Badlands and Wall Drug

We started the day off today by participating in the 6 am CrossFit class at Rushmore CF. Daniel, Annessa and I enjoyed this class very much.  They have a really neat gym, decorated in patriotic colors and even had a mural wall with the presidents working out.  Our instructor was Spanish (he spoke good English) and was very helpful.  Everyone there was nice and inviting.  

Afterwards, we packed up and headed out to see the Badlands.  This was our last National Park to go into.  It’s truly like being on a different planet once you enter. It was so very hot, so we didn’t do much getting out there.  

Everyone will tell you that if you are in this area, you have to stop at Wall Drug, so that’s where we planned to eat lunch.  It was huge and so crowded.  But we ate and picked up some quick souvenirs.  We can now say that we’ve been there but will be fine if we never go back.  LOL.

We continued on to Sioux Falls, SD.  Originally, this is where we planned to stay the night before continuing on to St. Louis to see the Arch.  But I think we have all reached that point where we are just ready to wrap up this trip and get home. So we ate our dinner here at Cracker Barrel (yes, we are from the south) and gassed up.  Annessa, Logan and Andrew decided to drive past Kansas City before stopping.  We decided to drive another hour to Sioux City, Iowa and stopping for the night.  So we hugged and wished each other safe travels from here til hone.