Sioux Falls, SD — I drove through Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and almost all of South Dakota. Beautiful scenery, but not much else. There is like no litter at all up here. Those adopt-a-highway folks must work really hard. They are definately not the absentee parents highways usually have. You know the ones who only show up once a month. I wonder if they ever call these nobel citizens to help clean up the snow? “Look here boys. You don’t just get to come out on the sunny days and run around in orange vests playing grab ass. You chose to adopt this highway, and parenting a highway is a serious responsibilty. So get to shoveling.” Just off I-90 in Sturgis I saw a startling sight. A freaking subdivision. Now don’t get me wrong, I have zero interest in ever living in South Dakota. But if I chose to move out here, it would be because of the lack of population density. I think every person in the state has their own county. Liceanse plate read things like A4. Why would you want to be crammed in around a bunch of other people? I saw Mount Rushmore. It was underwhelming. I don’t think it was because of the sub freezing temperature, or the miserable drive. It just wasn’t that impressive. Maybe if I could have gotten closer (like North By Northwest closer) and grasped the size and scope of the chizzling. Then maybe I would realize that George Washington’s nose is bigger than my apartment and might be sufficiently whelmed. Oh well, time to get back across the Mississippi River.
MILES TRAVELED: 7363
STATES VISITED: 18
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