Today was sorta like a day off. I did chores this morning, with the help of Tina. But, then headed back to the house to take a shower and get ready to head to Rapid City to meet Mom, John, and Ann. I brought the old chevy pickup to the chevy dealership to get the darn lights fixed and had them pick me up there.
From there we did a little tourist trapping~ First stop: Cosmos. Ann and John had been there but Mom and I hadn't. It's one of those things you always drive by but never actually go see. So, we went...it was Cosmo like? I figured out most of the phenomena minus the whole appearing taller and shorter thing- now that was strange! It didn't help that we had the biggest cornball for a tour guide ever as well! Next stop: Mt. Rushmore...is not visible in the fog! lol, I have been there several times and I think everyone else had been there a few times as well, but today you couldn't hardly see a thing up there, it was way too foggy. So, we toured the gift shop, ate some ice cream (yey for rb floats!) and went on our way. Final Stop: Reptile Gardens. Now, this place is pretty cool. We got there during the alligator show, which was so amazing. It made me nervous that this dude was just walking around with probably thirty alligators all around him. But, it was really cool and his demos were nifty as well! So, after touring all the cool snakes that were molting and birds and lizards and such we headed back to the chevy dealership where Merle had switched trucks and picked up the chevy, leaving me the ford that was just fixed at the ford garage.
We ended up following each other home because of the timing we left. So, we stopped at Country Corner, this little middle of nowhere place on hwy 44. Merle beat me there and called and said to stop and meet up with him- so I walk in the door of this joint and it's jam packed with cowboys! Haha, I was definitly not a local, and it was pretty funny to watch some heads turn at this random girl who entered their turf! But, it was worth the short entertainment, and we headed on home. We used the CB radios most of the way and pretty much held an off and on conversation about who's land we were passing and the weather just to stay awake!
After surviving halfway up nasty (freshly graded?!) Hisle road we come across one of our cattle that is out in the ditch and chase her back in...and fix the fence she jumped. She really challenged me and wanted to run me over that little turd- but I got her beat! Finally we made it home and did chores. Then, headed in and had hamburgers at the other place and I tried to redeem myself in Kings in the Corner- and did not succeed! But, the good news is I watched the news tonight for the first time in like forever- GM and Chrysler? wow!
Anyway, I better head to bed, it sounds like a pretty likely chance of rain tonight yet...maybe we won't get to the buffalo tomorrow either?
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