After DeSmet, SD, we went on to Mt. Rushmore (the first place on the entire trip that was actually crowded! Who knew?!), then Custer St. Park, then Devil's Tower, and finally Yellowstone. But instead of posting a lot of photos of flora, fauna, water and rock, I will leave you with a series of short videos that sum up the rest of the trip. They are terrible quality, so only watch them if you want to experience my life for the end of the trip. They really do sum it up.
First up, a whole lot of nothing in South Dakota. (Rosa, this one is for you--when I called you out of desperate sleepiness and lonliness and promised I would post pics of exactly where I was when I called.) Miles and miles of almost no signs of man, but the scent of yellow sweet clover filled the car as we drove by. Please forgive how the camera kept losing its focus, and instead marvel at how steady I was holding the camera. Think about it.
Bison at Custer State Park. This was the one time we were all in the same car--and after being squashed by carseats in the far back and being carsick for a couple of hours, I did not mind so much being the lone driver of our car the rest of the trip. ; )
One of the many cool features at Yellowstone, and us. This also is notable as the last record of mom's favorite hat before it blew off her head later that day to lie forlorn and abject at the edge of a magnificent blue mineral hot spring, tantilizingly close, but just out of reach of the ranger's retrieving tool. I am sure it will live forever in our memories, and in the photos of tourists from all over the world who will one day admire their photo, then suddenly squint and lean in saying, "What the heck is that?!"
Our last hotel room, in Reno, the last night on the road.
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